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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Apache Cassandra directory traversal

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

Apache Cassandra could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by the disable of Rack::Protection module. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Impact

Obtain Information

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

Apache Cassandra 0.5.0

Remediation

Refer to vendor advisory for the complete list of affected products.

https://cassandra.apache.org/

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