Sentinel Protection Server < 7.4.1 Directory Traversal File Access

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4297

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a directory traversal flaw.

Description

The remote host is running the Sentinel Protection Server.
This version of Sentinel is vulnerable to a flaw where specially formatted HTTP requests, like 'GET /..\..\..\..\..\..\winnt\win.ini', will cause the server to return potentially confidential data from outside of the web directories.

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.4.1 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/[email protected]

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4297

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/27/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:safenet:sentinel_protection_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6483, CVE-2008-0760

BID: 27735, 26583