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Medium · 5.8 CVE-2019-7305 EUVD-2019-16849GHSA-j5mx-vvx4-94pw

eXtplorer exposes /usr and /etc/extplorer over HTTP

Published Apr 9, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

Description

Information Exposure vulnerability in eXtplorer makes the /usr/ and /etc/extplorer/ system directories world-accessible over HTTP. Introduced in the Makefile patch file debian/patches/debian-changes-2.1.0b6+dfsg-1 or debian/patches/adds-a-makefile.patch, this can lead to data leakage, information disclosure and potentially remote code execution on the web server. This issue affects all versions of eXtplorer in Ubuntu and Debian

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Canonical eXtplorer 2.1.0 – ≤ 2.1.0b6+dfsg.3-4+deb7u5ubuntu0.16.04.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS extplorer No fix yet —

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