Verified on Win XP as well. Using that flag fixes the problem. Thanks for making that connection!
Jeff Tulley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (801)861-5322 Novell, Inc., The Leading Provider of Net Business Solutions http://www.novell.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/12/03 7:02:01 PM >>> Oups I've missed the discussion . There is a 1.4.2 bug found by Remy (and reported in bugtraq as 4895132. I'm not sure you can access the bug). The workaround is to add the following property when starting Tomcat: -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false Can you try it and see if that fixe the problem (I don't have a winXX)? -- Jeanfrancois Jeff Tulley wrote: >The user list has been busy lately discussing a possible security hole, >but only 1/3 of the people in the thread could see the problem. I >finally got to where I could see it using Tomcat 4.1.24 and JVM 1.4.2, >but NOT with JVM 1.4.1. > >The vulnerability is that if you stick a "%20" on the end of a .jsp >url, you get the source. > >I forgot to mention the platforms where this has been seen. I have >seen this with Sun's JVM 1.4.2 on Windows XP, and now I just verified >that it also exists on NetWare's JVM 1.4.2 (built on Sun's source code >base, so not surprising) It might exist on other 1.4.2 implementations, >but I am not sure. > >I also just verified this on Tomcat 4.1.18 and 4.1.26 as well. > >For some reason I see it better with the example jsp's - >/examples/jsp/num/numbguess.jsp%20 for instance. But, you can tell the >problem is going to be there if, when you add the "%20" to the .jsp >name, you don't get a 404. This is all going directly to port 8080, so >no native connector is involved. > >Jeff Tulley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >(801)861-5322 >Novell, Inc., The Leading Provider of Net Business Solutions >http://www.novell.com > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]