54536 : Dokeos Unspecified Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-04-16

Description

Dokeos 1.8.5 and earlier contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to disclose arbitrary files outside of the web path. The issue is due to unspecified errors not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the unspecified variable(s).

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.8.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, Dokeos has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 34879
Bugtraq ID: 34928
Related OSVDB ID: 54530 54531 54532 54533 54534 54535
Other Advisory URL: http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/112/45/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1300
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.dokeos.com/download/security/20090512/patch-dokeos-1.8.5-20090512.zip
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8

Credit

Gerendi Sandor Attila -

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