Security Advisory SA49796 - Novell GroupWise WebAccess "User.interface" File Disclosure Vulnerability

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Secunia Advisory SA49796

Novell GroupWise WebAccess "User.interface" File Disclosure Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA49796

Release Date

2012-07-02

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Exposure of sensitive information

Where

From local network

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Solution Status

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Software:

Novell GroupWise Server 8.x

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2012-0410 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Novell GroupWise, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed via the "User.interface" parameter to the WebAccess interface is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of files under the WebAccess directory structure via directory traversal sequences.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 8.0x through 8.02HP3.

Solution
Update to version 8.0 Support Pack 3.

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Tim Brown, Portcullis Computer Security.

Original Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7000708

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