ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:12343

Info

ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12343
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0072
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 24 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Erik Sjolund.
Vulnerable: zhcon zhcon 0.2.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
zhcon zhcon 0.2.2
zhcon zhcon 0.2.1
zhcon zhcon 0.2
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

zhcon is reportedly affected by a vulnerability allowing reading of arbitrary files with escalated privileges. This could permit an unauthorized user to read arbitrary files owned by other users without authorization. Disclosure of sensitive information may lead to a system compromise, or aid in other attacks.

This issue is reported to affect zhcon version 0.2.3; earlier versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Mandrake has released MDKSA-2005:012 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian Linux has released advisory DSA 655-1 along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


zhcon zhcon 0.2

zhcon zhcon 0.2.3

References

ZHCon Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

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