Title: Verity/Search'97 Security Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A pair of vulnerabilities exist in Verity's Search`97 web interface to the Verity search engine. The first vulnerability is due to cgi-bin scripts, s97_cgi and s97r_cgi failing to check for the existence of certain shell meta characters. This allows an attacker to access any file on the file system.
The second vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication being used to access the Verity administrative program. Any user can telnet to the appropriate port, and issue a command to shut the Verity software down.
Affected Products:
- Verity Search97 2.1.0
References:
- Verity: Company Homepage
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