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TITLE:
SecurityReporter "name" Directory Traversal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26167

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26167/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:

http://secunia.com/product//
Sidewinder G2 Security Reporter
http://secunia.com/product/11149/

DESCRIPTION:
Oliver Karow has reported a vulnerability in SecurityReporter, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.

Input passed to the "name" parameter in file.cgi is not properly
sanitised before being used to download files. This can be exploited
to download arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.6.3. Previous versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply the vendor patch.
http://www.securecomputing.com/download/SR4.6.3p1exe

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Oliver Karow

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=1429

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