Rule:

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Sid:
2061

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Summary:
Jakarta Tomcat webserver.

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Impact:
Information disclosure

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Detailed Information:
A vulnerability exists in Jakarta Tomcat webservers prior to version 
3.3.1a such that a request containing a null byte will result in a 
directory listing or present the opportunity to view the source of a 
java servlet on the server.

This occurs wether or not an index file is present in the directory.

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Affected Systems:
Jakarta Tomcat web application server prior to version 3.3.1a

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Attack Scenarios:
The attacker needs to supply a null byte in a URI request to the server.

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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:
Upgrade the server to the latest non-affected version.

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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:

CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0042

Apache Jakarta Tomcat:
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/

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