Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

BID:12428

Info

Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12428
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2005-0153
CVE-2005-0154
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 02 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Discovery of these vulnerabilities is credited to Niels Heinen.
Vulnerable: Newsgrab Newsgrab 0.5.0pre4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

Newsgrab is reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The following individual issues are reported:

Newsgrab is reported prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability exists because the software does not sufficiently sanitize directory traversal sequences from filenames before the filename is employed to store the file onto disk.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious file to a target victim. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CAN-2005-0153.

Newsgrab is reported prone to an unspecified insecure permissions vulnerability.

A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to disclose potentially sensitive information that is contained in files that were downloaded using newsgrab. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CAN-2005-0154.

Exploit / POC

Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

The following example is available:

A file containing the name '../../../../etc/rc.local' and the mode 777 could cause newsgrab to drop the file at /etc/rc.local with 777 permissions.

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

Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

References

Newsgrab Multiple Local And Remote Vulnerabilities

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