From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri May 28 2004 - 05:00:43 CDT

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TITLE:
Sun Java System Application Server Path Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11730

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11730/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sun Java System Application Server 8.x

DESCRIPTION:
Marc Schoenefeld has reported a weakness in Sun Java System
Application Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to
gain knowledge of path information.

The problem is that the absolute path of the document root is
disclosed in error messages when receiving HTTP GET requests
containing multiple slashes and reserved DOS device names.

The weakness has been reported in version PE 8.0 for Windows.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a proxy or
firewall with URL filtering capabilities.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marc Schoenefeld

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