steveklabnik/simple-server

Properly evaluate static serving wrt directory traversal attacks

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#54 opened on Oct 15, 2017

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Description

We serve static files, and check for . and .. in the path. This is probably not enough, but needs to be researched more.

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Research direction
Research directory traversal attack patterns and implement proper path validation for static file serving.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Security
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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RustHTTP
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65