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TITLE:
OSU HTTP Server System Information Disclosure Weaknesses

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22016

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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OSU HTTP Server 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/12041/

DESCRIPTION:
Two weaknesses have been reported in OSU HTTP Server, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.

1) The full path to the web root is disclosed when requesting a
non-existing file.

2) An error in the request handling can be exploited to disclose the
content of directories via a specially crafted URL containing the
wildcard character.

Example:
http://[host]/a*/

The weaknesses have been reported in versions 3.10a and 3.11alpha.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Julio Cesar Fort and Iruata Souza

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049535.html

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