TITLE:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business "pkmslogout" Directory
Traversal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18725

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18725/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/7614/
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/3529/

DESCRIPTION:
Timothy D. Morgan has reported a vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Access
Manager for e-business, which can be exploited by malicious users to
disclose potentially sensitive information.

Input passed to the "filename" parameter in pkmslogout isn't properly
sanitised before being used to retrieve the page template. This can be
exploited to retrieve arbitrary files accessible by the web server via
directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.1.0 and 6.0. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 5.1.0:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011562

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011561

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Timothy D. Morgan, Virtual Security Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011562
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24011561

Virtual Security Research:
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/tam-file-retrieval.txt

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