Orb Requests Processing Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Orb, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an input validation error when processing specially crafted HTTP GET requests, which could be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files on an affected system via directory traversal attacks.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Orb versions prior to 2.01.0022
     
Solution   Upgrade to Orb version 2.01.0022.
     
CVE   CVE-2008-5645
     
References   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27013341
     
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 
2008-11-10 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote