Campas cgi-bin file executes remote commands |
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Risk Level: | High | Check or Attack Name: Campas |
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Platforms: | NCSA Servers: Old, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) | |
Description: | The campas CGI program contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute commands on a web server with the privileges of the user owning the server process. The campas program is included as a sample CGI program in some older versions of the NCSA server. |
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Remedy: | The campas CGI program is not required for the normal functioning of your web server and should be deleted. |
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References: | BUGTRAQ Mailing List, Francisco Torres <ftorres@CASTOR.JAVERIANA.EDU.CO>, Bug CGI campas, http://www.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9707c&L=bugtraq&F=&S=&P=1048 |
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