CVE-2005-4836 Information

Description

The HTTP/1.1 connector in Apache Tomcat 4.1.15 through 4.1.40 does not reject NULL bytes in a URL when allowLinking is configured which allows remote attackers to read JSP source files and obtain sensitive information.

Reference

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28483 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