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TITLE:
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business Directory Traversal
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42955

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-18

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Tivoli Access Manager for
e-business, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

Certain unspecified input passed to the WebSEAL server is not
properly verified before being used to read files. This can be
exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via directory
traversal attacks.

This may be related to:
SA42727

The vulnerability is reported in versions 6.1.0.5, 6.0.0.253, and
5.1.0 running on AIX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21459999
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24028860
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24028861
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24025790

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