Directory traversal on UAM VPN
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid's VPN remote access service based on CVE-2018-0296.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Antecedentes
The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) provides a remote VPN access service for its university community.
Description
The vulnerability stems from inadequate validation of HTTP URLs in the UAM Remote Access Service. Attackers can create malicious HTTP requests exploiting this flaw to potentially cause a DoS condition or the unauthenticated disclosure of information, affecting both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
Business impact
Attackers can execute denial-of-service attacks or retrieve sensitive information by exploiting directory traversal.
Affected systems
vpn.uam.es (VPN Remote Access Service)
Solución
The UAM security team remediated the issue on 08/07/2018.
Calendario de divulgación
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