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TITLE:
Apache Tomcat WebDAV Arbitrary File Content Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27398

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27398/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Apache Tomcat 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/3571/
Apache Tomcat 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/13828/
Apache Tomcat 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/328/

DESCRIPTION:
eliteb0y has reported a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, which can be
exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the WebDAV servlet
when configured for use with a context and enabled for write. This can
be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via
specially-crafted WebDAV requests that specify an entity with a
SYSTEM tag.

The vulnerability reportedly affects the following versions:
* 4.0.0-4.0.6, 4.1.0-4.1.SVN
* 5.0.0-5.0.SVN and 5.5.0-5.5.25.
* 6.0.0-6.0.14

SOLUTION:
Fixed in Apache Tomcat 5.5.SVN and 6.0.SVN.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
eliteb0y

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apache:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

milw0rm:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4530

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