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AA-2009.0059                  AUSCERT Advisory

                             [Win][UNIX/Linux]
        Possible application source file exposure in IBM WebSphere
                            Application Server
                               23 March 2009
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 5.1
                      IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.0
                      IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.1
                      IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0
Operating System:     Windows
                      UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact:               Access Privileged Data
                      Read-only Data Access
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-0824
Member content until: Monday, April 13 2009

Revision History:     March 23 2009: Added CVE Reference
                      March 16 2009: Initial Release

OVERVIEW:

      A vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application 
      Server, versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0


IMPACT:

      The vendor describes the vulnerability as:

      "Customers who have web based applications including web services 
      applications running on WebSphere Application Server have a risk for 
      an attacker having the ability to display application specific files 
      contained within a war file, including files under the web-inf and 
      meta-inf directories. In addition, there is a potential risk for 
      customers who are using the WebSphere administrative console with 
      administrative security disabled." [1]


MITIGATION:

      The patch for this vulnerability will be available in fixpacks
      6.0.2.35, 6.1.0.23 and 7.0.0.3.


REFERENCES:

      [1] Possible application source file exposure
          http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022456

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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
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