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Novell Groupwise Servlet Manager default password

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for Netware servlet server default password

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The Novell Groupwise servlet server is configured with the default password.
As a result, users could be denied access to mail and other servlet
based resources.

To test this finding:

https:///servlet/ServletManager/

enter 'servlet' for the user and 'manager' for the password.

Solution: Change the default password

Edit SYS:\JAVA\SERVLETS\SERVLET.PROPERTIES

change the username and password in this section
servlet.ServletManager.initArgs=datamethod=POST,user=servlet,password=manager,bgcolor

See also: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3697

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 3697

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Kyger

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