---
title: "CVE-2006-4684\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4684?format=md
keywords: index, follow
---

# CVE-2006-4684

Publication date 19 September 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

---

Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

Toggle side navigation

## Description

The docutils module in Zope (Zope2) 2.7.0 through 2.7.9 and 2.8.0 through
2.8.8 does not properly handle web pages with reStructuredText (reST)
markup, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a
csv\_table directive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3458.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| zope-cmfplone | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

---

* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4684)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4684)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4684)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4684)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4684>