HP System Management Homepage (SMH) on Windows Namazu lang Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20988

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a CGI script that is affected by an directory traversal flaw.

Description

The version of HP System Management Homepage installed on the remote host includes a version of the search engine Namazu that reportedly fails to validate user input to the 'lang' parameter of the 'namazu.cgi' script. An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to access files on the remote host via directory traversal.

Solution

Update HP SMH's .namazurc configuration file according to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20988

File Name: hpsmh_namazu_lang_dir_traversal.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/1/2006

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:system_management_homepage

Required KB Items: www/hp_smh

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1023

BID: 16876

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