247 : IRIX wrap CGI Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	363	over 7 years ago	over 2 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
1997-04-02	1997-04-02

Description

IRIX contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to view files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the wrap script not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../).

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Silicon Graphics, Inc. has released patches to address this issue. Additionally, it is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: either change the permissions of the wrap script or remove the outbox subsystem.

#/bin/chmod 400 /var/www/cgi-bin/wrap

or

# /usr/sbin/versions -v remove outbox

Products

Silicon Graphics, Inc.	IRIX	5.3
		6.0.x
		6.1
		6.2
		6.3
		6.4

References

CVE ID: 1999-0149 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 290
Bugtraq ID: 373
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19970501-02-PX
Vendor Specific Solution URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln951.html

Tools & Filters

	10317
Snort	853

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

J.A. Gutierrez - spdGTC1.CPS.UNIZAR.ES -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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