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Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:44 +0200
From: Matthias Weckbecker <mweckbecker@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Full-disclosure] Thttpd 2.25b Directory Traversal Vulnerability

On Wednesday 22 May 2013 13:44:09 Oden Eriksson wrote:
> onsdagen den 22 maj 2013 13.06.18 skrev  Matthias Weckbecker:
> > Hi,
> >
> > has anybody possibly already confirmed this? It might also be worth
> > to assign a CVE to this if it turns out to be a reproducible issue.
>
> Confirmed here. Needed to use "lynx -dump ...".

That's weird. But you've tried it *with* 'http://'? Otherwise you
don't even generate a HTTP request.

$ lynx -dump "127.0.0.1:/../../../etc/passwd"
vs
$ lynx -dump "http://127.0.0.1/../../../etc/passwd"

I don't think this report is valid.

Matthias

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