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html2ps — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5067

Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.

Products
html2ps
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.0b7-1
CVEs
CVE-2009-5067
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5067

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Oct 2012, 18:55 UTC

Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5067

html2ps

Fixed versions: 1.0b7-1

html2ps

Fixed versions: 1.0b7-1

html2ps

Fixed versions: 1.0b7-1

Complete source record
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