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HTTP File Server Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28631  
Release Date: 2008-01-24
Last Update: 2008-02-04

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Spoofing
Manipulation of data
Exposure of system information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:HTTP File Server 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-0405 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0406 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0407 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0408 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0409 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0410 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Felipe Aragon and Alec Storm have reported some vulnerabilities and security issues in HTTP File Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information, conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, manipulate data, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) The application does not correctly log certain input. This can be exploited to e.g. spoof the username or inject arbitrary content into the logfile when logging in.

2) Certain input is not properly sanitised before being returned to a user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected server.

3) It is possible to disclose certain information (e.g. number of connections, transfer speed, traffic statistics, or uptime) by sending specially crafted request containing template symbols.

4) The application does not correctly handle the username before using it to create the file name of the logfile. This can be exploited to create directories, append data to files, or to cause a buffer overflow by sending specially crafted requests to a vulnerable server.

Successful exploitation allows the execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the "%user%" template symbol is used to define the name of the logfile.

Solution:
Update to version 2.2d.
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=dl

Provided and/or discovered by:
Felipe Aragon and Alec Storm, Syhunt Security Research Team

Changelog:
2008-02-04: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2008-q1/0008.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2008-q1/0009.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2008-q1/0010.html



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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. HTTP File Server File Upload Directory Traversal Vulnerability


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