[FD] [CVE-2015-5345] Information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

================================================================================ Information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat ================================================================================ Web version at: http://ift.tt/1QAnVgp ================================================================================ On a pentest for a client we discovered a way to obtain information about a web application's internal structure from the network. We reported the issue to the vendor and a fix was released. The following security advisory details the vulnerability and how to resolve it. CVE reference: CVE-2015-5345 CVSS score: 5.1 (medium) CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C Affected systems ================ Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 Apache Tomcat 8.0.0 to 8.0.29 Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.67 Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.44 Status of older (unsupported) versions of Apache Tomcat is unknown Overview ======== Because the Apache Tomcat application server responds to HTTP requests for directories with a redirect (appending a trailing slash) if the directory exists in the application's .war file, remote unauthenticated users could detect the presence of an application, and map out the internal structure of the application using a dictionary attack. Impact ====== The impact of this issue is limited. The presence of a web application can be detected, and the use of Java can be detected even if identifying headers have been disabled (by trying to request the WEB-INF directory). Also, an attacker can determine if a certain string is a valid directory name in the application's .war file. Solution ======== Upgrade your Apache Tomcat installation to at least version 9.0.0.M3, 8.0.30, 7.0.68 or 6.0.45. Note that two new configuration directives were introduced in these versions of Apache Tomcat, one to re-enable Tomcat identifying directories (mapperDirectoryRedirectEnabled, off by default), and one to enable the web application presence identifying behaviour (mapperContextRootRedirectEnabled, on by default because switching it off might cause issues with existing web applications). So to completely solve this issue, update Apache Tomcat and switch off mapperContextRootRedirectEnabled for any web applications that you wish to be undetectable by unauthenticated visitors. Note (2) that earlier minor versions of Apache 6, 7, and 8 released after October 2015 may also be not vulnerable to this issue as fixes were introduced but re-engineered in the current versions due to regression issues. Update to at least one of the versions listed above to be sure of having the fix as described. Technical details ================= When a request is received for a non-existent resource, Tomcat responds with a response code of 404 as normal. However if there is a directory in the application's .war file corresponding to the requested name, Tomcat responds with a 302 redirect, adding a trailing slash to the request (which only then yields the 404). For example:

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