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JBoss JSP Source Disclosure Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA8941  
Release Date: 2003-06-04

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

Software:JBoss AS 3.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in JBoss, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose the source code of JSP pages by appending a NULL byte ("%00") to the end of the requested resource.

The vulnerability has been reported in JBoss 3.2.1 used in combination with Jetty. However, other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Filter malicious characters in a HTTP proxy or firewall with URL filtering capabilities.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Marc Schoenefeld



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2. JBoss "org.jboss.web.WebServer" Information Disclosure
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