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[SecurityOffice] Stronghold Secure Webserver Sample Script Path Disclosure Vulnerability

From: "Tamer Sahin" <ts () securityoffice net>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:00:31 +0300

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- --[ Stronghold Secure Webserver Sample Script Path Disclosure
Vulnerability ]--

- --[ Type

Path Disclosure

- --[ Release Date

May 21, 2002

- --[ Product / Vendor

Red Hat's Stronghold is the most mature Apache-based web server
available today with over seven years of development and more than
14,000 servers running it to protect their data. Stronghold provides
the tools to quickly install and configure the popular Apache Web
Server with the security features that customers and business
partners expect when they interact with your site.

http://www.c2.net

- --[ Summary

Any user can send an request Stronghold sample script 'swish' causing
it to reveal the full path to the webroot. In some cases swish will
display system specific information html source code.

http://host/cgi-bin/search

=======================SNIP========================
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Welcome to Stronghold!</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" VLINK="#FF0000"
LINK="#0000FF">

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Search Stronghold Documentation</H1>
<hr><form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/search">
This is a searchable index of information.<br>
<b>Note:</b> <i>This service can only be used from a forms-capable
browser.</i><p>
Enter keyword(s): <input type=text name="keywords" value="" size=30>
<input type=submit value="  Search  "> 
<input type=reset value="  Reset  ">
<p>
<input type=hidden name=message value="If you can see this, then your
browser can't support hidden fields.">
<input type=hidden name=source value="manual.swish">
(!) <input type=hidden name=sourcedir
value="/home/ts/stronghold/swish/"> (!)
<input type=hidden name=maxhits value="40">
<input type=hidden name=sorttype value="score">
<input type=hidden name=host value="">
<input type=hidden name=port value="">
<input type=hidden name=searchprog value="swish">
<input type=hidden name=iconurl value="/icons">
<input type=hidden name=useicons value="yes">
</form><hr>
=======================SNIP========================

- --[ Tested

OpenBSD 3.0 / Stronghold 3.0

- --[ Vulnerable

Stronghold 3.0 (And may be other)

- --[ Disclaimer

http://www.securityoffice.net is not responsible for the misuse or
illegal use of any of the information and/or the software listed on
this security advisory.

- --[ Author

Tamer Sahin
ts () securityoffice net
http://www.securityoffice.net


Tamer Sahin
http://www.securityoffice.net
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