Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:1770

Info

Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1770
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 10 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 10 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was originally reported to bugtraq by Lluis Mora < [email protected] > on Fri Oct 06 2000.
Vulnerable: Boa Webserver 0.94.8 .2
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Debian Linux 2.1
Not Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 6.0
Boa Webserver 0.94.8 .3-1
+ Debian Linux 2.2
+ Debian Linux 2.1

Discussion

Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

A local vulnerability exists in versions 0.94.8.3 and earlier of Boa Webserver. Improper filtering of percent-encoded characters ("/%2E%2E/") allows an attacker to submit specially-formed URLs which can lead the server to disclose arbitrary world-readable files.

Also, if the configuration file /etc/boa/boa.conf contains the following entry:

AddType application/x-httpd-cgi-cgi

a user with local access and able to create an executable ".cgi" file will be able to run that program as the user id of the webserver.

The entry is, by default, commented out.

Exploit / POC

Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

Exploit written by teleh0r based on an advisory by Lluis Mora / [email protected] / S21SEC (http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-005-en.txt)

Solution / Fix

Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Boa development team have released v.0.94.8.3.

References

Boa Webserver 0.94.2.x File Disclosure Vulnerability

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