Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:9431

Info

Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9431
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 15 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 15 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to ProCheckUp.
Vulnerable: Whale Communications e-Gap Appliance 2.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

The e-GAP appliance has been reported prone to a source code disclosure vulnerability. It has been reported that, when the affected appliance handles unexpected HTTP requests it may divulge the source code of the login script. The login page is used to build a simple form for collecting and submitting the username and the password to the e-Gap server. The authentication logic is not part of this page and cannot be viewed by the attacker. The information contained in the login page is not typically sensitive.

Exploit / POC

Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

TRACE / HTTP/1.0

Solution / Fix

Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that the vendor has made patches to address this issue available. Customers are advised to contact the vendor for further details regarding obtaining and applying the relative patch.

References

Whale Communications e-Gap Security Appliance Login Page Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability

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