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WebLibs Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13400
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Release Date:
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2004-12-08
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Last Update:
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2004-12-20
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Popularity:
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5,033 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | WebLibs 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1221
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Description:
John Bissell has reported a vulnerability in WebLibs, which can be exploited by malicious people to access sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in weblibs.pl when processing data in a hidden <INPUT> tag embedded in the dynamically generated web page. This can be exploited via directory traversal attacks to read the contents of arbitrary non-executable text files on the system.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised before being used.
Provided and/or discovered by:
John Bissell
Changelog:
2004-12-20: Added CVE reference.
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