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Vulnerability Assessment Details

JBoss Malformed HTTP Request Remote Information Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Attempts to read security policy of a remote JBoss server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is affected by an information disclosure flaw.

Description :

The remote JBoss server is vulnerable to an information disclosure
flaw which may permit a possible hacker to retrieve the physical path of the
server installation, its security policy, or to guess its exact
version number. A possible hacker may use this flaw to gain more
information about the remote configuration.

See also :

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111911095424496&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/10104

Solution :

Upgrade to JBoss 3.2.8 or 4.0.3. Or edit JBoss' 'jboss-service.xml'
configuration file, set 'DownloadServerClasses' to 'false', and
restart the server.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:N/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13985, 16571

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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