CVE-2016-1231
prosody - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.74%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.
How to fix CVE-2016-1231
To remediate CVE-2016-1231, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/prosody—upgrade to 0.9.9-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.8.2-4+deb7u3 or later
Is CVE-2016-1231 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.9.9-1
- from 0, < 0.8.2-4+deb7u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |