# CVE-2011-1932: Directory traversal vulnerability in io/filesystem/filesystem.cc in Widelands before 15.1 might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrar

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-12-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in io/filesystem/filesystem.cc in Widelands before 15.1 might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via . (dot) characters in a pathname that is used for a file transfer in an Internet game.

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## References

- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/build-15/revision/5021
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617960

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