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MetaGauge Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32094
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Release Date:
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2008-10-07
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Popularity:
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780 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Hammer Software MetaGauge 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4421
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Description:
Brad Antoniewicz has reported a vulnerability in MetaGauge, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to MetaGauge not properly sanitising HTTP requests before using them. This can be exploited to display arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.0.0.17 and 1.0.1.20.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.3.38.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Brad Antoniewicz
Original Advisory:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6686
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