Secunia Research: Quick 'n Easy/Baby Web Server ASP Code Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 24/03/2006
- Quick 'n Easy/Baby Web Server ASP Code Disclosure Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* Quick 'n Easy Web Server version 3.0.6 and 3.1
* Baby Web Server version 2.7.2
Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Quick 'n Easy/Baby
Web Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error of the filename
extension supplied by the user in the URL. This can be exploited to
retrieve the source code of ASP files from the server via specially
crafted requests containing dot, space and slash characters.
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4) Solution
Quick 'n Easy Web Server:
Update to version 3.1.1
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/quick__n_easy_web_server.html
Baby Web Server:
The vendor has reported that Baby Web Server is not longer supported
and has been replaced with Quick 'n Easy Web Server.
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5) Time Table
22/03/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
22/03/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
24/03/2006 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.
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7) References
No other references.
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-19/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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