Hitachi Cosminexus Request Body Disclosure of Personal Information
Secunia Advisory: SA17019
Release Date: 2005-10-03
Popularity: 5,106 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Cosminexus 5.x
Cosminexus 6.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Hitachi Cosminexus, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that if a malformed HTTP post request is sent without a body, then the body data of the previously sent HTTP request will be used when executing servlets and JSP pages. This may be exploited to disclose personal information of other users.

Solution:
Fixes are available (see patch matrix).
http://www.hitachi-support.com/security_e/vuls_e/HS05-019_e/01-e.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://www.hitachi-support.com/security_e/vuls_e/HS05-019_e/index-e.html


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