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Son hServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8890
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Release Date:
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2003-05-29
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Popularity:
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4,610 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Son hServer
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Son hServer allowing malicious people to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.
The problem is that the "|" characters isn't removed from input. This allows malicious people to conduct directory traversal using the character sequence "/.|./".
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.2.
Solution:
Use a proxy server or firewall with URL filtering capabilities to filter malicious requests or use another webserver.
Provided and/or discovered by:
D4rkGr3y
Original Advisory:
http://www.dhgroup.org/bugs/adv19.txt
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