Vacation ftpfile directory traversal
| vacation-ftpfile-directory-traversal (18856) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Vacation could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in the ftpfile suid root program. A local attacker could supply a specially-crafted "dot dot" (../) request to view arbitrary files on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- SquirrelMail, Vacation 0.15 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of vacation (1.42 or later), available from the SquirrelMail Vacation plug-in Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 11 2005 - 05:50:14 CST , Squirrelmail vacation v0.15 local root exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-01/0123.html.
- SquirrelMail Vacation plug-in Web page, SquirrelMail Vacation plug-in at http://www.ee.ucr.edu/~isaldana/squirrelmail/.
- BID-12222: SquirrelMail Vacation Plugin FTPFile Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-0184: Directory traversal vulnerability in ftpfile in the Vacation plugin 0.15 and earlier for Squirrelmail allows local users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a get request.
- SA13791: SquirrelMail Vacation Plugin Two Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1012866: Squirrelmail Vacation Plugin Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Commands With Root Privileges
Reported:
Jan 11, 2005
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