Cisco TFTPD Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:2886

Info

Cisco TFTPD Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2886
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0783
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 18 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced to BugTraq by Siberian <[email protected]> on June 18, 2001.
Vulnerable: Cisco TFTP Server 1.1
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco TFTPD Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The Cisco TFTPD server is a freely available software package distributed and maintained by Cisco Systems. The software package is designed to give Microsoft Windows systems the ability to serve files via the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).

It is possible to gain access to sensitive files on a system using the affect software. By issuing a dot-dot-slash (../) request to the server, any file on the system may be downloaded.

This makes it possible for attackers to gain access to arbitrary files, and potentially sensitive information.

Exploit / POC

Cisco TFTPD Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

See discussion.

Solution / Fix

Cisco TFTPD Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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]>.

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