Plugin ID | 98 |
Plugin name | RiSearch prior 0.99.8 show.pl directory traversal |
Plugin filename | RiSearch prior 0.99.8 show.pl directory traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3647 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
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 | 2004/08/17 |
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 1.2. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|sleep|send GET /search/show.pl?url=file:/etc/passwd HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *root:* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | Check is copied from the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources). |
Bug published name | Phil Robinson, Gerald Gallagher and Kendric Tang |
Bug published date | 2004/07/27 |
Bug advisory | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/370103 |
Bug affected | RiSearch Software RiSearch 0.99.1 to 0.99.8 and RiSearch Software RiSearch Pro 3.2.6 |
Bug not affected | RiSearch Software RiSearch newer than 0.99.8 and Software RiSearch Pro newer than 3.2.x |
Bug vulnerability class | Missing Authentication |
Bug description | The remote host seems to be running RiSearch, a local search engine. This version contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when an arbitary local file path is passed to show.pl, which will disclose the file contents resulting in a loss of confidentiality. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to the latest software version (http://risearch.org/). The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. 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 exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10812/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 4 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 6 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 10812 |
Source OSVDB ID | 8266 |
Source Nessus ID | 14204 |
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 |