RRDBrowse "file" Parameter Handling Directory Traversal and File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in RRDBrowse, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "cgi-bin/rb.cgi" script that does not validate the "file" parameter, which could be exploited by malicious users to access and read the contents of arbitrary files.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
RRDBrowse version 1.6 and prior
     
Solution   A fix is available via CVS : http://cvs.chiparus.net/index.cgi/rrdbrowse.tar.gz?view=tar
     
CVE   CVE-2007-1303
     
References   http://www.devtarget.org/rrdbrowse-advisory-03-2007.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
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-03-06 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote