Allaire ColdFusion Template Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:3023

Info

Allaire ColdFusion Template Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3023
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2001-1427
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 11 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was submitted to BugTraq in a Macromedia Product Security Bulletin on July 11th, 2001.
Vulnerable: Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.5.1 SP2
Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.5.1 SP1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.5.1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.5
- Cobalt Linux 5.0
- Cobalt Linux 5.0
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.0.1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.0
Allaire ColdFusion Server 3.1.2
Allaire ColdFusion Server 3.1.1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 3.1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 3.0.1
Allaire ColdFusion Server 3.0
Allaire ColdFusion Server 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Allaire ColdFusion Server 5.0
- Cobalt Linux 5.0
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0

Discussion

Allaire ColdFusion Template Overwrite Vulnerability

Allaire ColdFusion is a web application server. It supports quick development, publication and management of web content.

A security issue is known to exist with Allaire ColdFusion.
This issue allows attackers to corrupt the data in template files by creating a new file with the same name as an existing template. The created file will be zero bytes.

This issue may be exploitable by remote attackers who have access to the host.

At this point, very little is known about the nature of this vulnerability. Updates will be published as more information becomes available.

Solution / Fix

Allaire ColdFusion Template Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released patches which address this issue. Please read the FAQ for instructions on how to install the patches:

http://www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?id=21579


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