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CVE-2015-5531

CVE-2015-5531: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.

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CVE-2015-5531

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Package Name	Ecosystem	Vulnerable Versions	First Patched Version
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch	maven	<= 1.6.0	1.6.1

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The vulnerability stemmed from improper path validation in snapshot repository handling. Key evidence includes:

URLRepository constructor modifications adding whitelist checks (CVE-2015-5531 patch adds 'checkURL')
Environment class changes introducing URI normalization and repo path validation
New URIPattern class in patch indicates missing pattern matching in vulnerable versions These functions would appear in stack traces when processing malicious snapshot API requests with traversal sequences before validation checks were added.

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