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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-29425
Possible limited path traversal vulnerabily in Apache Commons IO
Vulnerability Description
In Apache Commons IO before 2.7, When invoking the method FileNameUtils.normalize with an improper input string, like "//../foo", or "\\..\foo", the result would be the same value, thus possibly providing access to files in the parent directory, but not further above (thus "limited" path traversal), if the calling code would use the result to construct a path value.
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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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-556
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc359823b5500e9a9a2572678ddb8e01d3505a7ffcadfa8d13b8780ab%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd01af05babc95b8949e6d8ea78d9834699e1b06981040dde419a330%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8efcbabde973ea72f5e0933adc48ef1425db5cde850bf641b3993f31%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r873d5ddafc0a68fd999725e559776dc4971d1ab39c0f5cc81bd9bc04%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0d73e2071d1f1afe1a15da14c5b6feb2cf17e3871168d5a3c8451436%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r47ab6f68cbba8e730f42c4ea752f3a44eb95fb09064070f2476bb401%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa053846cae9d497606027816ae87b4e002b2e0eb66cb0dee710e1f5%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8569a41d565ca880a4dee0e645dad1cd17ab4a92e68055ad9ebb7375%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa2f08b7c0caf80ca9f4a18bd875918fdd4e894e2ea47942a4589b9c%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c2f4683c35696cf6f863e3c107e37ec41305b1930dd40c17260de71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27b1eedda37468256c4bb768fde1e8b79b37ec975cbbfd0d65a7ac34%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8ef65aedc086d2d3d21492b4c08ae0eb8a3a42cc52e29ba1bc009d8%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r523a6ffad58f71c4f3761e3cee72df878e48cdc89ebdce933be1475c%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbebd3e19651baa7a4a5503a9901c95989df9d40602c8e35cb05d3eb5%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2bc986a070457daca457a54fe71ee09d2584c24dc262336ca32b6a19%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2721aba31a8562639c4b937150897e24f78f747cdbda8641c0f659fe%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r345330b7858304938b7b8029d02537a116d75265a598c98fa333504a%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad4ae544747df32ccd58fff5a86cd556640396aeb161aa71dd3d192a%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r808be7d93b17a7055c1981a8453ae5f0d0fce5855407793c5d0ffffa%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc65f9bc679feffe4589ea0981ee98bc0af9139470f077a91580eeee0%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc2dd3204260e9227a67253ef68b6f1599446005bfa0e1ddce4573a80%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2df50af2641d38f432ef025cd2ba5858215cc0cf3fc10396a674ad2e%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8bfc7235e6b39d90e6f446325a5a44c3e9e50da18860fdabcee23e29%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r92ea904f4bae190b03bd42a4355ce3c2fbe8f36ab673e03f6ca3f9fa%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfcd2c649c205f12b72dde044f905903460669a220a2eb7e12652d19d%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r477c285126ada5c3b47946bb702cb222ac4e7fd3100c8549bdd6d3b2%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc10fa20ef4d13cbf6ebe0b06b5edb95466a1424a9b7673074ed03260%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00016.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca71a10ca533eb9bfac2d590533f02e6fb9064d3b6aa3ec90fdc4f51%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re41e9967bee064e7369411c28f0f5b2ad28b8334907c9c6208017279%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd09d4ab3e32e4b3a480e2ff6ff118712981ca82e817f28f2a85652a6%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01b4a1fcdf3311c936ce33d75a9398b6c255f00c1a2f312ac21effe1%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/red3aea910403d8620c73e1c7b9c9b145798d0469eb3298a7be7891af%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r20416f39ca7f7344e7d76fe4d7063bb1d91ad106926626e7e83fb346%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r86528f4b7d222aed7891e7ac03d69a0db2a2dfa17b86ac3470d7f374%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5f3df5316c5237b78a3dff5ab95b311ad08e61d418cd992ca7e34ae%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r462db908acc1e37c455e11b1a25992b81efd18e641e7e0ceb1b6e046%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4050f9f6b42ebfa47a98cbdee4aabed4bb5fb8093db7dbb88faceba2%40%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5149f78be265be69d34eacb4e4b0fc7c9c697bcdfa91a1c1658d717b%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0004/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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Apache Commons IO
Vulnerable Versions:
Apache Commons IO 2.2, Apache Commons IO 2.3, Apache Commons IO 2.4, Apache Commons IO 2.5, Apache Commons IO 2.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 13th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N