From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 07:47:05 CDT

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TITLE:
AN HTTPD Script Source Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19326

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19326/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
AN HTTPD 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/543/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in AN HTTPD, 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 script files (e.g. PL, CGI, and BAT) from
the server via specially crafted requests containing dot and space
characters.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.42n. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.42p.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-21/

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