{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6394","details":"visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using \"public-restricted\" under a \"public\" directory.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:11:08.355351Z","published":"2014-10-08T17:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-6394"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6394"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6394"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node-send","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-send@0.9.4-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.4-1","binary_name":"node-send"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6394.json"}},{"package":{"name":"node-send","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-send@0.9.4-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.4-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.4-1","binary_name":"node-send"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6394.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}