Overview
Novell GroupWise web application does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal.
Description
Novell GroupWise server includes a web application that allows users to access e-mail and other features of the server. This component of GroupWise does not properly validate the "Home.html" CGI variable, allowing directory traversal out of the GroupWise web root directory. |
Impact
Attackers may read arbitrary files on the server with privileges of the web application process. |
Solution
Apply a patch For more information, see: |
Vendor Information
341539
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Mike Shema from Foundstone for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 7.43 |
| Date Public: | 2001-10-15 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-09-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-09-27 16:01 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |