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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-6508: Openfire: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-6508: Openfire: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/23/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-im-openfire

References

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