OSSIM "timestamp" Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in OSSIM, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "timestamp" GET parameter to ossim/ocsreports/tele_compress.php is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.3.3. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
OSSIM (AlienVault Open Source SIM) 4.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://osvdb.org/ref/97/ossim-traversal.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2013-10-09 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote