ColdFusion Bug: Application.cfm shows full path

From: vwaaijen (m.van.waaijen@INTERVIEW-NSS.COM)
Date: Sun Mar 05 2000 - 05:06:05 PST

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    Hello,
    
    Some days ago I posted the following concern about ColdFusions
    Application.cfm:
    
    "If you make a http-request to an (existing) application.cfm of
    onrequestend.cfm page, ColdFusion generates an errormessage that reveals the
    real path to that page on the server."
    
    I received a lot of response on this bug and amongst them I received the
    following solutions for this bug:
    
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    1. You can disable the ability to request application.cfm. This can be
    done in the IIS MMC. The easiest way to do this is to force a redirection to
    an index file. Right-click on application.cfm in the MMC, and set up
    redirection.
    
    2. You can use the site-wide missing file handler in CF 4.5. This will
    send a custom error page which needn't say anything important at all. This
    is set in the CF Administrator.
    
    These solutions were provided to me by Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software.
    
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    Damon Cooper from Allaire wrote the following:
    
    "Allaire is aware of the issue and it is fixed as of the 4.5.1 release."
    
    ....
    
    "I believe registered users of 4.x will be able to download the update when
    it's made available.  I believe we're targeting a late March/early April
    release."
    
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    Amy Wong from Allaire wrote:
    
    "This has been reported as bug 14982.  It was reported on February 4th, and
    today, March 1st, 2000, it is reported as fixed.  This means it will
    probably be rolled int 4.5.1 RC2."
    
    Amy
    
    Amy Wong, Electronic Technical Support
    Allaire Corporation
    
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    This bug is also archived by security focus at
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1021
    
    Kind regards,
    Marcel van Waaijen.
    



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