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CA Unicenter Web Service Distributed Management Directory Traversal
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22229
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Release Date:
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2006-10-04
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Popularity:
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4,892 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: | CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management 3.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM), which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the included Jetty WebServer, which does not correctly check path names in HTTP requests. This can be exploited to access arbitrary files on a vulnerable system via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to version 3.11. Other versions may also be affected.
Note: This vulnerability may be related to:
SA7178
Solution:
Update to WSDM 3.11 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Oliver Karow and Richard Sammet, Symantec
Original Advisory:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/049846.html
Other References:
SA7178:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7178/
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