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Message-ID: <01d501c6acff$830727c0$0f0310ac@Josephinspiron>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:54:42 -0700
From: "Joseph Pierini" <joep@...nalert.com>
To: <packet@...ketstormsecurity.org>, <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	<bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>, <news@...uriteam.com>
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Subject: Directory Listing in Apache Tomcat 5.x.x

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ScanAlert Security Advisory

http://www.scanalert.com

Directory Listing in Apache Tomcat 5.x.x

Date: 07/21/2006

Vendor: Apache

Package: Tomcat

Versions: 5.x.x (5.0.28, 5.5.12, 5.5.9, and 5.5.7 - Confirmed)

Credit: ScanAlert's Enterprise Services Team.

Risk

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) -
http://www.first.org/cvss/intro/

Related Exploit Range: Remote

Attack Complexity: Low 

Level Of Authentication Needed: Not Required  

Confidentiality Impact: Partial 

Integrity Impact: Partial 

Availability Impact: None

Overview

Apache Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official
Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages
technologies.

Vulnerabilities

Apache Tomcat can be forced to reveal a complete directory listing for any
directory by requesting a mapped file extension prepended with a semicolon,
a reserved character. The file does not need to exist. 

Examples 

http://www.sitexyz.com/;index.jsp

http://www.sitexyz.com/help/;help.do

Solution

Upgrade to the latest stable Tomcat release. Confirmed fix is available in
Apache Tomcat v5.5.17

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