[NEWS] Resin Path Disclosure (HelloServlet)

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Date: 06/25/02 

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  Resin Path Disclosure (HelloServlet)
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SUMMARY

In a default installation of <http://www.caucho.com/> Resin server, the
examples folder will be installed as well. This folder contains a servlet
example that can be used to reveal the true path used by the server.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
 * Resin versions 2.0.5 up to 2.1.2

Solution:
Production servers should not be installed with the example folders.
Remove them as soon as possible.

Example:
By making a request for:
http://target:8080/examples/basic/servlet/HelloServlet

The following result will be returned:

Hello, world!
The source of this servlet is in:

C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Desktop\share\resin-2.1.1\doc\examples\basic\WEB-INF\classes\HelloServlet.java (For Windows)

Or

Hello, world!
The source of this servlet is in:

/home/root/public_html/examples/basic/WEB-INF/classes. (For UNIX)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by
<mailto:security-protocols@hushmail.com> badpack3t.

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