rdiffWeb Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	24092
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-2747
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 22 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 23 2007 03:37PM
Credit:	Jesus Roncero is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	rdiffWeb rdiffWeb 0.3.5
Not Vulnerable:	rdiffWeb rdiffWeb 0.3.5.1

rdiffWeb Directory Traversal Vulnerability

rdiffWeb is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the webserver process. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

This issue affects rdiffWeb 0.3.5; other versions may also be affected.

rdiffWeb Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://localhost:8080/browse/?repo=b&path=..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc

rdiffWeb Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

rdiffWeb Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• [Rdiffweb-discuss] New features and changes to rdiffweb (rdiffWeb)
  
• Vendor Homepage (rdiffWeb)