ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:4366

Info

ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4366
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 26 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 26 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability discovery credited to Craig Davison <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.2 0b4
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Debian Linux 2.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 9.10
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.2 0b3
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Debian Linux 2.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 9.10
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.2 0b2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Debian Linux 2.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 9.10
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.2 .0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.1.6
+ Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Debian Linux 2.0
+ Gentoo Linux
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 9.10
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.1.5 -8
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.1.5 -7
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
The ht://Dig Group ht://Dig 3.1.5
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 2.2 arm
+ Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
+ Debian Linux 2.2 68k
+ Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Debian Linux 2.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 9.10
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure Vulnerability

ht://Dig is a freely available, open source search engine. It is developed and maintained by the ht://Dig project, and functions on the Unix and Linux operating systems.

When the htsearch component of ht://Dig is executed with a 'config' variable supplied, and erroneous or nonsensical data supplied as the argument to the config variable, ht://Dig returns the full path of the configuration file directory for ht://Dig. Additionally, the 'config' variable being accessible by any user may allow the ht://Dig program to load arbitrary files as configuration.

Exploit / POC

ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure 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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ht://Dig Configuration File Path Disclosure Vulnerability

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