CVE-2004-2763 Information

Description

The default configuration of Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1 through SP12 and 6.0 SP1 through SP5 responds to the HTTP TRACE request which can allow remote attackers to steal information using cross-site tracing (XST) attacks in applications that are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Reference

http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/uniras/2004/02/msg00007.html http://www.cgisecurity.com/whitehat-mirror/WH-WhitePaper_XST_ebook.pdf http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867593