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Message-ID: <1144070087.10775.472.camel@ts2.intnet>
Date: Mon Apr 3 14:44:21 2006
From: remove-vuln at secunia.com (Secunia Research)
Subject: Secunia Research: AN HTTPD Script Source
Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 03/04/2006
- AN HTTPD Script Source Disclosure Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* AN HTTPD version 1.42n.
Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in AN HTTPD, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information.
The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error of the filename
extension supplied by the user in the URL. This can be exploited to
retrieve the source code of script files (e.g. PL, CGI, and BAT) from
the server via specially crafted requests containing dot and space
characters.
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4) Solution
Update to version 1.42p.
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5) Time Table
22/03/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
01/04/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
03/04/2006 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
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7) References
No other references.
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8) About Secunia
Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding
all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These
advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the
Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/
Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all
relevant vulnerability information to their specific system
configuration.
Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-21/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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