AOLserver 3.4.2 Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

["Tamer Sahin" <ts () securityoffice net>]

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AOLserver 3.4.2 Unauthorized File Disclosure Vulnerability

Type:
File Disclosure

Release Date:
January 6, 2002

Product / Vendor:
AOLserver is America Online's Open-Source web server. AOLserver is
the backbone of the largest and busiest production environments in
the world. AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled web server used
for large scale, dynamic web sites.

http://www.aolserver.com

Summary:
Due to a flaw in AOLserver 3.4.2 for Windows, it is possible for a
user to gain read access of known password protected files residing
on a AOLserver host.

http://host/passwordprotected.file.

Example:
http://host/nstelemetry.adp.

Tested:
Windows 2000 / AOLserver 3.4.2

Vulnerable:
AOLserver 3.4.2 for Windows
(Unix versions not affect this vulnerability)

Disclaimer:
http://www.securityoffice.net is not responsible for the misuse or
illegal use of any of the information and/or the software listed on
this security advisory.

Author:
Tamer Sahin
ts () securityoffice net
http://www.securityoffice.net

Tamer Sahin
http://www.securityoffice.net
PGP Key ID: 0x2B5EDCB0 Fingerprint:
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