IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business, 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 handling certain character encodings on AIX, which could be exploited to conduct directory traversal attacks and disclose the contents of arbitrary files.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business version 6.1.1 and prior
     
Solution   Apply patch 6.1.1-TIV-AWS-FP0001 : http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral
     
CVE   CVE-2010-4623
CVE-2010-4622
     
References   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24028829
     
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 
2010-12-28 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote