CVE-2008-6508 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/49663 http://secunia.com/advisories/32478 http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63 http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075