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Cobalt Networks Security Advisory

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 5, 2000

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:46:16 -0800
From: Jeff Lovell jlovell@COBALT.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [ Cobalt ] Security Advisory — 03.31.2000

Cobalt Networks — Security Advisory — 03.31.2000

Problem: RaQ2 and RaQ3 allow remote users to view the contents
of an .htaccess file contained within a public website.

Relevant products and architectures
Product         Architecture            Vulnerable
Qube1           MIPS                    No
Qube2           MIPS                    No
RaQ1            MIPS                    No
RaQ2            MIPS                    Yes
RaQ3            x86                     Yes

If your system is at risk you can you can downloaded the relevant
package and install it. These are beta versions of the packages,
Cobalt is currently testing these packages.

RaQ 2 –
ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/security/apache/RaQ2-All-Security-Point-2.97.pkg

RaQ 3 –
ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental/security/apache/RaQ3-All-Security-Point-2.4.pkg

If you experience any problems with these packages please email
jlovell@cobalt.com or
security@cobalt.com.


Jeff Lovell
Software Engineer
Cobalt Networks, Inc.

Web Webster

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