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JBoss DeploymentFileRepository Directory Traversal Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23095  
Release Date: 2006-11-28

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:JBoss AS 3.x
JBoss AS 4.x
JBoss Web Services (JBossWS) 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-5750 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Oliver Karow has reported a vulnerability in JBoss, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information, manipulate data, or potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error the "setBaseDir()" method in org.jboss.console.manager.DeploymentFileRepository. This can be exploited to read, write, or delete arbitrary files, and potentially to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the JBoss user.

The vulnerability is reported in JBoss Web Server 1.0.0.GA. Other versions may also be affected.

Reportedly this vulnerability also affects the following versions of JBoss Application Server:
* JBossAS-4.0.4.GA
* JBossAS-4.0.3 SP1
* JBossAS-4.0.2 Final
* JBossAS-3.2.7 Final
* JBossAS-4.0.3 Final
* JBossAS-4.0.1 SP1
* JBossAS-4.0.1 Final
* JBossAS-4.0.0 Final
* JBossAS-3.2.8.SP1
* JBossAS-3.2.8 Final
* JBossAS-3.2.6 Final
* JBossAS-3.2.5 Final

Solution:
Apply patch:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/ASPATCH-126

Provided and/or discovered by:
Oliver Karow

Original Advisory:
Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/research/SYMSA-2006-011.txt

Other References:
JBoss:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/ASPATCH-126



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3. JBoss JSP Source Disclosure Vulnerability


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