Bug 1181917 (CVE-2015-1164)

Summary:	CVE-2015-1164 nodejs-serve-static: Open Redirect
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Kurt Seifried <kseifried>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jrusnack, msrb, tchollingsworth
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	nodejs-serve-static 1.7.2	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 02:37:55 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1181918, 1181919
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Description Kurt Seifried 2015-01-14 05:02:05 UTC

Pierre-Élie Fauché reports:

When using serve-static middleware version < 1.7.2 and it's configured to mount at the root it creates an open redirect on the site.

For example: If a user visits http://example.com//www.google.com/%2e%2e they will be redirected to www.google.com

Recommendations
Update to version 1.7.2 or greater. It also appears that you can set 'redirect: false' option to disable this behavior.

References
https://github.com/expressjs/serve-static/issues/26

Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2015-01-14 05:02:53 UTC

Created nodejs-serve-static tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1181918]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1181919]

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:37:55 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.