RE: IBM AS/400 HTTP Server '/' attack

From: Chris Best (CBestat_private)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 12:45:44 PST

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    	Just checked our OS/390 machine. It's running 'VSE-HTTPD/01.04.00'
    and is also vulnerable. Cute bug. :)
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Joe Laffey [mailto:joeat_private]
    Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:45 PM
    To: 'ken'@FTU
    Cc: bugtraq
    Subject: Re: IBM AS/400 HTTP Server '/' attack
    
    
    On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, 'ken'@FTU wrote:
    
    >    IBM's HTTP Server on the AS/400 platform is vulnerable to an attack
    > that will show the source code of the page -- such as an .html or .jsp
    > page -- by attaching an '/' to the end of a URL.
    >
    >[snip]
    >
    > http://www.foo.com/getsource.jsp/
    [snip]
    >
    > Since I reported this "non-security" bug so long ago I hope it is fixed
    > through the regular set of changes. I cannot confirm this bug was fixed.
    > As far as I know this vulnerability was not yet reported to the public.
    
    I can confirm that a server reporting 'IBM-HTTP-Server/1.0' _IS_ vulrable
    to this. I do not know if updates increment that number or not...
    
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