CVE-2005-3323

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

docutils in Zope 2.6, 2.7 before 2.7.8, and 2.8 before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via include directives in RestructuredText functionality.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 3.0, 3.1
zopefoundation Zope: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.8; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.2; 2.6 — fixed in 2.7.8, 2.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: zopefoundation Zope 2.7.8, 2.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17173
http://secunia.com/advisories/17309
http://secunia.com/advisories/17676
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-910
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-20.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15082
http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2005-10-09/security_alert
https://usn.ubuntu.com/229-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17173
http://secunia.com/advisories/17309
http://secunia.com/advisories/17676

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