Vulnerability in viewsrc.cgi

[joetesta () hushmail com]

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Vulnerability in viewsrc.cgi



    Overview

viewsrc.cgi v2.0 is a source-code viewing CGI script available from
http://www.mimanet.com/scripts.  A vulnerability exists which
allows a remote user to view any file on the server.



    Details

The following URL demonstrates the problem:

    http://localhost/cgi-bin/viewsrc.cgi?
                         loc=../[any file outside restricted directory]



    Solution

Apply the following patch to viewsrc.cgi:

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> $FORM{'loc'} =~ s/\.\.//g;
> $FORM{'loc'} =~ s/\\//g;
> $FORM{'loc'} =~ s/\///g;
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<          open (INHTML, "$predo") or die &err_loc;
---
>          open (INHTML, "<$predo") or die &err_loc;

This patch removes any '..', '/', or '\'s present in the $FORM{'loc'}
variable.  It also makes the open() command safer by using the '<'
read-only specifier.



    Vendor Status

MIMAnet was contacted via <webmaster () mimanet com> on
Tuesday, May 1, 2001.  Roberto R. Morelli <morelli () altair7 com>
quickly replied and stated that the problem was verified and an
official fix would be released.  Twenty two days have passed, and nothing
has been done.




    - Joe Testa

e-mail:   joetesta () hushmail com
web page: http://hogs.rit.edu/~joet
AIM:      LordSpankatron


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