Gefest Web Home Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Secunia ID	SA38477
Release Date	09 Feb 2010
Criticality	Moderately Critical Typically used for remotely exploitable Denial of Service vulnerabilities against services like FTP, HTTP, and SMTP, and for vulnerabilities that allow system compromises but require user interaction. This rating is also used for vulnerabilities allowing system compromise on LANs in services like SMB, RPC, NFS, LPD and similar services that are not intended for use over the Internet.
Solution Status	Vendor Patch
Software	Gefest Web Home Server 1.x
Where	From remote "From remote" describes other vulnerabilities where the attack vector doesn't require access to the system or a local network. This category covers services that are acceptable to expose to the Internet (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP). It also covers client applications used on the Internet and certain vulnerabilities where it is reasonable to assume that a security conscious user can be tricked into performing certain actions.
Impact	Exposure of sensitive information Vulnerabilities where documents or credentials are leaked or can be revealed either locally or from remote.
Description	A vulnerability has been reported in Gefest Web Home Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information. Input passed via HTTP requests is not properly verified before being used to access files, which can be exploited to e.g. disclose the content of files outside of the web root directory via directory traversal attacks. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.
Solution	Update to version 1.2. http://clearweb.org.ua/download_now.htm
Reported by	MarkoT, Corelan Team
Original Advisory	Clear Web: http://clearweb.org.ua/download_now.htm Corelan Team: http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/corelan-10-010-gefest-web-homeserver-directory-traversal/