DDIVRT-2008-17 Orb Directory Traversal
Severity
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High
Date Discovered
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October, 21st 2008
Discovered By
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Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team
Credit: Steven James and r@b13$
Vulnerability Description
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Orb Networks' Orb media server is vulnerable to directory traversal
attacks. Users can leverage specially crafted GET requests to read
arbitrary files.
Solution Description
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Use firewall rules to restrict access to authorized users of the Orb
server.
This issue is fixed in version 2.01.0022 available at
http://www.orb.com/download/us/setup_2.01.0022.exe
<http://www.orb.com/download/us/setup_2.01.0022.exe>
Tested Systems / Software (with versions)
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Orb version 2.01.0017 on Windows XP Pro SP2
Nullsoft Winamp Remote Server Beta (featuring Orb version 2.01.0013) on
Windows XP Pro SP2
Vendor Contact
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Orb Networks
Website: http://www.orb.com