CVE-2005-4703 Information

Description

Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 when running on Windows allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request for a file that contains an MS-DOS device name such as lpt9 which leaks the pathname in an error message as demonstrated by lpt9.xtp using Nikto.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html http://www.osvdb.org/20033 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E