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HistoryMar 25, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

Secunia Research: Quick 'n Easy/Baby Web Server ASP Code Disclosure Vulnerability

2006-03-2500:00:00
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                Secunia Research 24/03/2006
  • Quick 'n Easy/Baby Web Server ASP Code Disclosure Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Description of Vulnerability…3
Solution…4
Time Table…5
Credits…6
References…7
About Secunia…8
Verification…9

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1) Affected Software

  • Quick 'n Easy Web Server version 3.0.6 and 3.1
  • Baby Web Server version 2.7.2

Prior versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Remote

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3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Quick 'n Easy/Baby
Web Server, 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 ASP files from the server via specially
crafted requests containing dot, space and slash characters.

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4) Solution

Quick 'n Easy Web Server:
Update to version 3.1.1
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/quick__n_easy_web_server.html

Baby Web Server:
The vendor has reported that Baby Web Server is not longer supported
and has been replaced with Quick 'n Easy Web Server.

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5) Time Table

22/03/2006 - Initial vendor notification.
22/03/2006 - Initial vendor reply.
24/03/2006 - Public disclosure.

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6) Credits

Discovered by Tan Chew Keong, Secunia Research.

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7) References

No other references.

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8) About Secunia

Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding
all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These
advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the
Secunia website:

http://secunia.com/

Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all
relevant vulnerability information to their specific system
configuration.

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

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9) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-19/advisory/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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