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>> MailWatch for MailScanner SQL Injection and Directory Traversal

Title : MailWatch for MailScanner SQL Injection and Directory Traversal
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2276
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3470 - CVE-2005-3471
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-02


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Two vulnerabilities were identified in MailWatch for MailScanner, which may be exploited by malicious users to conduct directory traversal and SQL injection attacks.

This first issue is due to an input validation error in the "authenticate()" function that does not properly filter a specially crafted parameter, which may be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

The second flaw is due to an input validation error in the Ruleset viewer when processing specially crafted HTTP requests, which may be exploited by remote attackers to disclose the contents of arbitrary files.

Affected Products

MailWatch for MailScanner version 1.0.2 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to MailWatch for MailScanner version 1.0.3 :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mailwatch/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2276

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Chris Graham

ChangeLog

2005-11-02 : Initial release

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