Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path parameter.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow
    remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path
    parameter. (CVE-2012-3521)

Update to 1.0.8.11 :

  - Fix for CVE-2012-3521 : Remote directory traversal and     information disclosure (local file inclusion) in the     contrib module.

    - Fix for CVE-2012-3522 : Non-persistent XSS in langwiz       contrib script.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
432771	SCA: security update for geshi/geshi (GHSA-fw3x-2pr2-5j64)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
432771	SCA: security update for geshi/geshi (GHSA-fw3x-2pr2-5j64)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
66400	Fedora 18 : php-geshi-1.0.8.11-3.fc18 (2013-5472)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
66399	Fedora 17 : php-geshi-1.0.8.11-3.fc17 (2013-5440)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
66398	Fedora 19 : php-geshi-1.0.8.11-3.fc19 (2013-5411)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium

Detections

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CVE-2012-3521

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Tenable Plugins

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