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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-5641
Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in MochiWeb before 2.4.0, as used in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the default URI.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
apache
View all reports →Affected Software
couchdb, mochiweb
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 18th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.