Re: FW: [Alert] Website's uploader.exe (from demo) vulnerable

David J. Meltzer (davem@ISS.NET)
Fri, 05 Sep 1997 17:30:33 -0400

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> >O'reilly's webserver 'website' contains a demopackage that contains
> >the cgi-program uploader.exe.
> >The program uploader.exe doesn't check anything at all.....
>
> This hole did exist prior to the July 1996 revision of uploader.bas,
> when I added a security fix.
> The fix has been available since that time at
> http://software.ora.com/techsupport/software/updates.html
> The revised uploader was also included in WebSite 1.1g

FYI-
The current WebSite Professional 2.0 Beta is vulnerable to the
uploader.exe problem. Of course being beta code it is expected
to have bugs but just want to be sure you are aware so it gets
fixed before 2.0 hits a release.

-Dave

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David J. Meltzer | Email: davem@iss.net
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Internet Security Systems, Inc. | Fax: (770)395-1972

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