httpdASM Request Handling Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in httpdASM, 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 HTTP requests containing percent encoded characters, which could be exploited to conduct directory traversal attacks and disclose the contents of arbitrary files.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
httpdASM version 0.92 and prior
     
Solution  
     
CVE  
     
References   http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/httpdASM.0.92.Directory.Traversal/73
     
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
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-12-29 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote