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Boa file retrieval
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Remote file access
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote Boa server allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the remote web server, prefixing the pathname of the file with hex-encoded ../../.. Example: GET /%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/etc/passwd will return /etc/passwd.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to a latest version of the server.