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Apache Tomcat WebDAV Arbitrary File Content Disclosure Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA27398  
Release Date: 2007-10-25
Last Update: 2008-02-11

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:Apache Tomcat 4.x
Apache Tomcat 5.x
Apache Tomcat 6.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-5461 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
eliteb0y has reported a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the WebDAV servlet when configured for use with a context and enabled for write. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via specially-crafted WebDAV requests that specify an entity with a SYSTEM tag.

The vulnerability reportedly affects the following versions:
* 4.0.0-4.0.6, 4.1.0-4.1.36
* 5.0.0-5.0.SVN and 5.5.0-5.5.25.
* 6.0.0-6.0.14

Solution:
Update to version 5.5.26 or 6.0.16. The vulnerability is also fixed in the SVN repository for version 4.1.x.

Provided and/or discovered by:
eliteb0y

Changelog:
2008-02-11: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
Apache:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

milw0rm:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4530



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