Google Mini Search Appliance Path Disclosure Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA22059
Release Date: 2006-09-29
Popularity: 5,223 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Google Mini Search Appliance

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5019


Description:
Patrick Webster has reported a weakness in Google Mini Search Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain system information.

The weakness is caused due to the full web server path being disclosed in error messages when performing a search with an invalid "client" parameter.

The weakness has been reported in version 4.4.102.M.36. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to the appliance.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Patrick Webster

Changelog:
2006-09-29: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl2dvp/advisories/200609-googlemini.txt


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