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HP Systems Management Homepage Namazu lang Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for namazu lang parameter directory traversal vulnerability in HP Systems Management Homepage

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

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

Description :

The remote host appears to be running HP Systems Management Homepage
(SMH), a web-based management interface for ProLiant and Integrity
servers.

The version of HP SMH 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. A possible hacker may be
able to exploit this issue to access files on the remote host via
directory traversal.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426345/30/0/threaded

Solution :

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

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:N/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 16876

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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