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Inktomi Search Physical Path Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for a Inktomi Search vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This web server is running a vulnerable version of Inktomi Search

Certain requests using MS-DOS special file names such as nul can cause
a python error. The error message contains sensitive information such
as the physical path of the webroot. This information may be useful to
a possible hacker.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version. This product is now developed i
by Verity and is called Ultraseek

See also : http://www.corsaire.com/advisories/c040113-001.txt
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 10275, 8050

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Westpoint Limited and Corsaire Limited

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