Jetty multiple products HTTP directory traversal

jetty-http-directory-traversal (17600) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

The Jetty Web server, used by multiple products including IBM Trading Partner Interchange and Computer Associates Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM), could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to traverse directories and view arbitrary files and directories outside of the Web root directory.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3
  Exploitability: High
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

For IBM Trading Partner Interchange:
Upgrade to the latest version of IBM Trading Partner Interchange (4.2.4 or later), as listed in IBM Support Document 1178665. See References.

For Computer Associates' Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management:
Upgrade to the latest version of CA Unicenter WSDM (version 3.11 or later), available from the Computer Associates SupportConnect Web site. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management 3.1
  • IBM Trading Partner Interchange 4.2.1
  • IBM Trading Partner Interchange 4.2.2
  • Mort Bay Consulting Jetty 4.2.19
  • RedHat Linux 6.2
  • RedHat Linux 7
  • RedHat Linux 7.1
  • RedHat Linux 7.2
  • Sun Solaris 2.6 x86
  • Sun Solaris 2.6
  • Sun Solaris 7.0 x86
  • Sun Solaris 7.0
  • Sun Solaris 8
  • Sun Solaris 8 x86
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 7.0
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 7.1
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 7.2
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 7.3

Reported:

Oct 05, 2004

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