EMUMail Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability

BID:4435

Info

EMUMail Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4435
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 04 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: EMUMail EMUMail for Unix 5.1
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 athlon
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
EMUMail EMUMail for Unix 5.0
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 athlon
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
EMUMail EMUMail for Red Hat Linux 5.1
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 athlon
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
EMUMail EMUMail for Red Hat Linux 5.0
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 athlon
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
EMUMail EMUMail 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

EMUMail Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability

Emumail is a web mail package available from Emumail, Inc. It is designed for use on Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.

It may be possible for a remote user to gain access to some files through email. By supplying the full path to a file as an argument to the type= function of emumail.cgi, a user may be able to see the contents of the specified file. The request must end with a null character (%00).

Solution / Fix

EMUMail Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes available:


EMUMail EMUMail 3.0

EMUMail EMUMail for Red Hat Linux 5.0

EMUMail EMUMail for Unix 5.0

EMUMail EMUMail for Red Hat Linux 5.1

EMUMail EMUMail for Unix 5.1

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