Rule:

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Sid:
2062

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Summary:
server performance and statistics package.

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Impact:
Information disclosure

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Detailed Information:
iPlanet web server uses the file .perf to display performance statistics
for the server.

An attacker can access the statistics for the server by making a request
for the file .perf.

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Affected Systems:
iPlanet web servers using this object.

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Attack Scenarios:
The attacker merely needs to access http://www.foo.com/.perf

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Ease of Attack:
Simple

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False Positives:
None Known

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False Negatives:
None Known

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Corrective Action:
Disallow viewing of web server statistics from external sources.

Remove the appropriate lines from the obj.conf file to disallow viewing 
of server performance statistics.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Research Team
Brian Caswell <bmc@sourcefire.com>
Nigel Houghton <nigel.houghton@sourcefire.com>

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Additional References:

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