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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0707 -- Sun Alert Notification 57670
Security Vulnerability With The HTTP TRACE Functionality in
Sun Java System Application Server
5 November 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Sun Java System Application Server 7
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Windows
Linux variants
HP-UX
AIX
Impact: Access Confidential Data
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57670-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 57670
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability With The HTTP TRACE Functionality
in Sun Java System Application Server
* Category: Security
* Product: Sun Java System Application Server
* BugIDs: 5063481
* Avoidance: Workaround
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 03-Nov-2004
* Date Closed: 03-Nov-2004
* Date Modified:
1. Impact A local or remote unprivileged user may be able to abuse the
HTTP TRACE functionality to gain access to sensitive information in
HTTP headers when making HTTP requests to Sun Java System Application
servers.
This issue is described in the CERT Vulnerability VU#867593 (see:
[2]http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867593).
2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following
releases:
* Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7 and later
updates
* Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7 2004Q2 and
later updates
* Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 7 and later
updates
3. Symptoms There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the
described issue has been exploited.
Solution Summary [3]Top
4. Relief/Workaround The described issue is not a defect of the Sun
Java System Application Server 7 or Sun Java System Application Server
7 2004Q2 releases. However, the following recommendation is provided
to avoid this issue.
Disable HTTP TRACE support for Sun Java System Application Server 7
and Sun Java System Application Server 7 2004Q2 as follows:
Add the following to the top of the default object in
<server-instance>-obj.conf :
<Client method="TRACE">
AuthTrans fn="set-variable" remove-headers="transfer-encoding"
set-headers="content-length: -1" error="501"
</Client>
Restart the Application server.
5. Resolution The workaround provided above in the "Relief/Workaround"
section is the final resolution to this issue.
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References
1. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57670-1#top
2. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867593
3. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57670-1#top
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