Novell Groupwise Administration Server FileUploadServlet poLibMaintenanceFileSave Information Disclosure Vulnerability

August 26th, 2014
ZDI-14-296 ZDI-CAN-2287

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0600

CVSS Score

7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected Vendors

Novell

Affected Products

Groupwise

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Novell Groupwise. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the handling of the poLibMaintenanceFileSave parameter within the FileUploadServlet. By abusing this flaw an attacker can disclose and destroy arbitrary files on the server and possibly leverage this information to achieve remote code execution in a subsequent attack.

Additional Details

Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015566

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2014-04-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-08-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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