TITLE:
HP System Management Homepage Directory Traversal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19059

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19059/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
HP System Management Homepage 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5490/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP System Management Homepage,
which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of
potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error and can
be exploited to access arbitrary files outside the web root via
directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability affects versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.4 running on the
Windows platform.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has published a workaround that involves manually editing
the ".namazurc" file (see vendor advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HPSBMA02099 SSRT061118:
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00601530

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