RE: Vulnerability in sourceforge.net

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

I would call that a Directory Traversal Vulnerability, if it allows a user
to read files that he doesn't have permission to read.

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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:00 AM
To: Alexander
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Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Vulnerability in sourceforge.net

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Alexander wrote:

> Vulnerability in sourceforge.net.
>
> Remote user can read any files. Example:

Any file the webserver account can read.

> http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/index.php3?body=../../../../../../usr/local
> /apache/conf/httpd.conf

This is not a vulnerability in sourceforge, but in on of the project's
webpage. And anyone with a project on sourceforge can read the same
files using his webspace.

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