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TITLE:
Mereo Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39723

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39723/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Mereo, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
processing HTTP requests. This can be exploited to access files
outside the web root folder via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.9.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use a proxy to filter malicious requests.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
John Leitch

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/Mereo191-traversal.txt

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