CVE-ID

CVE-2000-0039
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Description
AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.
References
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  • BID:896
  • URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/896
  • BUGTRAQ:19991229 AltaVista
  • BUGTRAQ:19991229 AltaVista followup and monitor script
  • BUGTRAQ:19991230 Follow UP AltaVista
  • BUGTRAQ:20000103 FW: Patch issued for AltaVista Search Engine Directory TraversalVulnerability
  • BUGTRAQ:20000109 Altavista followup
  • OSVDB:15
  • URL:http://www.osvdb.org/15 (Obsolete source)
Date Record Created
20000322 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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