CVE-2006-3458 Zope allows local users to read arbitrary files

What is CVE-2006-3458?

CVE-2006-3458 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Zope 2.7.0 to 2.7.8, 2.8.0 to 2.8.7, and 2.9.0 to 2.9.3 (Zope2) does not disable the "raw" command when providing untrusted users with restructured text (reStructuredText) functionality from docutils, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3458?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including Zope2 and zope2. It affects 1 product.

Products include Zope Zope.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3458?

Upgrade Zope2 to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.8, 2.8.7 or 2.9.3.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-3458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2000-0062 Zope DTML implementation Improper Authentication Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-32674 Remote Code Execution via traversal in TAL expressions High 8.8
• CVE-2000-1211 Zope does not properly perform security registration for legacy names High 7.5
• CVE-2002-0170 Zope does not properly verify the access for objects with proxy roles High 7.5
• CVE-2002-0688 ZCatalog plug-in for Zope allows anonymous users to bypass access restrictions High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-1113, GHSA-jcjp-qqpq-pc54.