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GBrowse Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9591
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Release Date:
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2003-08-25
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Last Update:
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2003-09-09
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Popularity:
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4,800 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Generic Genome Browser (GBrowse) 1.x
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Description:
An information disclosure vulnerability has been identified in GBrowse, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose the content of arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to missing validation of user input supplied to the "help" parameter. This can be exploited to conduct a directory traversal attack.
Example:
/cgi-bin/gbrowse?help=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Solution:
Update to version 1.54:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gm...c-Genome-Browser-1.54.tar.gz?download
Changelog:
2003-09-09: Updated version released to fix the vulnerability properly. Updated "Solution" section.
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