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Check Point VPN/Firewall Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21200
Release Date: 2006-07-27
Last Update: 2006-07-28
Popularity: 8,567 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 NG with Application Intelligence (AI)

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3885


Description:
Pete Foster has reported a vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1/Firewall-1, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.

An input validation error in the hard coded web server (port 18264/TCP) can be exploited to disclose the contents of certain files via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability has been reported in the versions R55W, R55W HFA1, and R55W HFA2.

Solution:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in version R55W HFA03.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Pete Foster

Changelog:
2006-07-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0419.html


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