Vulnerability Note VU#977440

Macromedia JRun Server contains an information disclosure vulnerability

Overview

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Macromedia JRun that may allow an attacker to view the source code of files in the web root directory.

I. Description

Macromedia JRun is an application server that works with most popular web servers such as Apache and IIS. Macromedia states that JRun is deployed at over 10,000 organizations worldwide. JRun Server 4.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious user may be able to view the source code of a file by crafting a URL with the string ";.cfm" appended to it. According to Macromedia only the Microsoft IIS connector is affected by this vulnerability.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to view the source code of any file.

III. Solution

Apply Patch

For JRun versions 3.0 / 3.1 a patch is available at:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-08.html.

JRun version 4.0 apply the latest updater:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/jrun/updaters.html

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Macromedia Inc.	Vulnerable	11-Oct-2004

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12647/
http://secunia.com/advisories/12638/
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-08.html

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Macromedia Security Bulliten MPSB04-08.

Macromedia credits iDefense for helping to discover and report this issue.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public:	2004-09-23
Date First Published:	2004-10-12
Date Last Updated:	2004-10-12
CERT Advisory:
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Metric:	2.79
Document Revision:	55

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