Plugin ID | 207 |
Plugin name | Novell Netware 6.0 Apache Tomcat directory traversal |
Plugin filename | Novell Netware 6.0 Apache Tomcat directory traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3280 bytes |
Plugin family | Netware |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/13 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/14 |
Plugin version | 2.0 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /examples/jsp/source.jsp?%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/system/autoexec.ncf HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *SYS:\* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | Check is copied by the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources). |
Bug affected | Novell Netware 6.0 with Apache Tomcat |
Bug not affected | Other solutions |
Bug vulnerability class | Directory Traversal |
Bug description | The Apache Tomcat server distributed with Netware 6.0 has a directory traversal vulnerability. As a result, sensitive information could be obtained from the Netware server, such as the RCONSOLE password located in AUTOEXEC.NCF. |
Bug solution | The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. Remove default files from the web server. Also, ensure the RCONSOLE password is encrypted and utilize a password protected screensaver for console access. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 8081). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 2 hours |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 8 |
Bug simplicity | 9 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 8 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. A CGI scanner as like N-Stealth, Whisker or Nikto may be able to detect this flaw too. |
Source Nessus ID | 12119 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |