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DirectContact Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19053
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Release Date:
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2006-02-28
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Last Update:
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2006-07-20
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Popularity:
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4,162 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: | DirectContact 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0971
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Description:
Donato Ferrante has discovered a vulnerability in DirectContact, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error and can be exploited to read the contents of arbitrary files outside the web root via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.3b on the Windows platform. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.3c.
The update will automatically be downloaded when the server is restarted.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Donato Ferrante
Changelog:
2006-03-14: Updated "Solution Status" and "Solution" sections.
2006-07-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www3.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/DirectContact0.3b-adv.txt
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