T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:2703

Info

T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2703
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0557
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 07 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06AM
Credit: Discovered and posted to Bugtraq by [email protected] on May 7, 2001.
Vulnerable: T. Hauck Jana Webserver 1.46
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 T. Hauck Jana Webserver 1.45
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: T. Hauck Jana Webserver 2.0 Beta2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Discussion

T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

It is possible for a remote user to traverse the directories of a host running Jana Server. Submitting a specially crafted URL using hex encoded 'double dot' sequences will reveal arbitrary directories. In addition to revealing directories, this vulnerability could enable a user to obtain the contents of files readable by the webserver user.

Exploit / POC

T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

www.example.com/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/

www.example.com/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/filename

Solution / Fix

T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Jana Server v2.0 Beta 2 is not affected by this issue:


T. Hauck Jana Webserver 1.45

T. Hauck Jana Webserver 1.46

References

T. Hauck Jana Server Hex Encoded Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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