Cart 32 Vulnerable to Information Leakage and DoS Attack

Reported November 9, 2000 by Xato Network Security

VERSIONS AFFECTED

DESCRIPTIONTwo issues have been discovered with Cart 32 version 3.5 and below.  The first being a denial of service and the second is information leakage via specially crafted URLs.

DEMONSTRATION

The denial of service is accomplished by entering the following url; http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/c32web.exe/ShowProgress

This will cause CPU usage to jump to 100%.

The second issue, information leakage displaying full physical paths of directories can be accomplished with the following URLs; 

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/cart32.exe/error

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/c32web.exe/ShowAdminDir

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/c32web.exe/CheckError?error=53

VENDOR RESPONSE

The Cart 32 team at McMurtrey/Whitaker & Associates has addressed these issues in the latest version 3.5a and has recommended that users read the knowledge base articles provided on their web site. http://www.cart32.com

CREDITDiscovered by Xato Network Security