PT-2001-2549 · Novell · Novell Groupwise

Published 2001-10-15 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1458

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell GroupWise versions 5.5 through 6.0

Description A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by making a request for "/servlet/webacc?User.html=" that includes "../" (dot dot) sequences and a null character.

Recommendations For Novell GroupWise versions 5.5 through 6.0, consider restricting access to the "/servlet/webacc" endpoint until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the User.html parameter in the affected API endpoint.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1458

Affected Products

Novell Groupwise

References · 9

• 🔥 http://foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/advisories_template.htm%3Findexid%3D12 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1458 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1458 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/220667 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7287 · Note
• http://novell.com/coolsolutions/gwmag/features/a_webaccess_security_gw.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341539 · Note
• http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960443 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3436 · Note