[SA22059] Google Mini Search Appliance Path Disclosure Weakness

TITLE:
Google Mini Search Appliance Path Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22059

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22059/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2006-09-29

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Google Mini Search Appliance
http://secunia.com/product/6166/

DESCRIPTION:
Patrick Webster has reported a weakness in Google Mini Search
Appliance, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
certain system information.

The weakness is caused due to the full web server path being
disclosed in error messages when performing a search with an invalid
"client" parameter.

The weakness has been reported in version 4.4.102.M.36. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to the appliance.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Patrick Webster

CHANGELOG:
2006-09-29: Added CVE reference.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl2dvp/advisories/200609-googlemini.txt

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