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LANDesk Management Suite PXE TFTP Service Directory Traversal Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29324  
Release Date: 2008-04-01
Last Update: 2008-04-14

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:LANDesk Management Suite 8.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1643 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Parvez Anwar has discovered a vulnerability in LANDesk Management Suite, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within the PXE TFTP Service (PXEMTFTP.exe) and can be exploited to download arbitrary files from an affected system via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in PXEMTFTP.exe version 8.70.7.1 included in LANDesk Management Suite version 8.7 SP5, and version 8.70.7.2 and 8.80.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Apply patches.

8.7 SP5 (OSD-848987.5.zip):
http://community.landesk.com/support/...download/2659-3-1843/OSD-848987.5.zip

8.8 (OSD-848988.0.zip):
http://community.landesk.com/support/...download/2659-3-1842/OSD-848988.0.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by Parvez Anwar. Additional information about improper fix provided by Luigi Auriemma.

Changelog:
2008-04-02: Updated "Solution" and "Description" sections with information about improper fixes, reported by Luigi Auriemma.
2008-04-11: Added CVE reference.
2008-04-14: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
LANDesk:
http://community.landesk.com/support/docs/DOC-2659

Luigi Auriemma:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/landesktftp-adv.txt



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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. LANDesk Management Suite Alert Service Buffer Overflow
2. LANDesk Management Suite Denial of Service Vulnerability
3. LANDesk Management Suite "ircrboot.dll" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


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