visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison...

Vulnerability Description

visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/10
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal
• https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59
• https://support.apple.com/HT205217
• https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139938.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140020.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70100
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96727
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139415.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/1