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secunia-iprintget.txt

secunia-iprintget.txt
Posted Aug 26, 2008
Authored by Carsten Eiram | Site secunia.com

Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in Novell iPrint Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information. Novell iPrint Client 4.36 and Novell iPrint Client for Windows Vista 5.04 are affected. The insecurity lies in GetFileList().

tags | advisory
systems | windows
advisories | CVE-2008-2432
SHA-256 | 2c3c2243ebc9b5ac67f52da83e31f5e81556363c6029b2679375d9ac3b7e40a5

secunia-iprintget.txt

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Secunia Research 25/08/2008

- Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control -
- "GetFileList()" Information Disclosure -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* Novell iPrint Client 4.36
* Novell iPrint Client for Windows Vista 5.04

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Neither you nor your users have time to devote to a complex printing
environment. That's why Novell iPrint extends print services securely
across multiple networks and operating systems. Using proven Internet
technologies, iPrint transforms your Novell Distributed Print
Services™ (NDPS®) printers into Net-enabled printers, making all your
printing resources instantly accessible with a Web browser and a few
mouse clicks".

Product Link:
http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/iprint.html

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in Novell iPrint
Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge
of potentially sensitive information.

The insecure "GetFileList()" method returns a list of images (".jpg",
".jpeg", ".gif", and ".bmp") in a directory specified as argument to
the method. This can be exploited to gain knowledge of any image file
names in arbitrary directories on a user's system, including e.g. the
user's "My Pictures" / "Pictures" folder without knowledge of the
user's username.

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5) Solution

Update to version 5.06.

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6) Time Table

20/06/2008 - Vendor notified.
23/06/2008 - Vendor response.
07/07/2008 - Vendor reports that vulnerability has been addressed.
08/07/2008 - Vendor provides new version for testing.
08/07/2008 - Vendor informed that vulnerability is not fixed.
10/07/2008 - Details on vulnerability forwarded.
21/07/2008 - Vendor reports that vulnerability was missed and that a
new tracking number will be generated.
22/08/2008 - Vendor issues fixed version for Vista.
25/08/2008 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-2432 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://corporate.secunia.com/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://corporate.secunia.com/secunia_research/33/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-30/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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