Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

BID:3341

Info

Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3341
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 17 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 17 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to BugTraq by KK Mookhey <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Oracle Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

Oracle 9i Application Server comes with an Apache-based web server and Java servlet engine.

A vulnerability exists that could allow a malicious user to view the full path to the web folder by sending the server an HTTP request for a non-existant .jsp file. This request could cause the server to send an error message revealing the web folder path information.

A similar vulnerability was found in Apache Tomcat 3.1 which may be related to this vulnerability. See BugTraq ID 1531 for details.

Exploit / POC

Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

This vulnerability can be exploited using a web browser.

Solution / Fix

Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

Solution:
As a solution to this problem, Oracle recommends upgrading to OJSP 1.1.2.0.0, which can be obtained here:

http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/java/servlets/content.html


Oracle Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2

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Oracle 9i Application Server Path Revealing Vulnerability

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