TITLE:
HP Systems Insight Manager JBoss and Directory Traversal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18789

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18789/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Compaq Insight Manager 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/656/
Compaq Insight Manager 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/394/

DESCRIPTION:
HP has acknowledged a weakness and a vulnerability in HP Systems
Insight Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose system information and potentially to bypass certain
security restrictions.

1) A weakness in JBoss can be exploited to disclose system
information.

For more information:
SA15746

The weakness has been reported in versions 5.0, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP2, and
5.0 SP3. Only the Windows platform is affected.

2) An unspecified vulnerability can potentially be exploited to gain
access to arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 4.2, 4.2 SP1, 4.2
SP2, 5.0, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP2, and 5.0 SP3. Only the Windows platform is
affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply workarounds (see vendor's advisory for more information).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Matthew Cook and Paul Whitton.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBMA02096 SSRT061108:
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00597967

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15746:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15746/

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