HTTP View source vulnerability

Risk Level: Medium risk vulnerability  Medium

Check or Attack Name: ViewSource

Platforms: Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Description:

The view-source CGI script distributed with some web servers and the SCO Skunkware CD-ROM contains a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to view files on the server. The attacker is limited to reading files accessible to the user owning the server process, usually nobody.

Remedy:

Remove the view-source script from the cgi-bin directory on your web server.

References:

BUGTRAQ Mailing List, view-source, http://www.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9702B&L=bugtraq&P=R64


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