> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carrie Bartkowiak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:02 PM
> To: cobalt-security
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Bugtraq ID 2503 : Apache Artificially
> Long Slash Path DirectoryListing Exploit (fwd)
> 
> 
> Seems pretty simple to me... turn off Indexes!
> You should be doing that anyway.  The blank index.html thrown into a
> directory is a lame cheat and a *lot* more work than just disabling
> Indexes and being done with it.
> 

>From another forum....


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Laurie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:54 PM
> To: Bugtraq
> Subject: Re: Bugtraq ID 2503 : Apache Artificially Long Slash Path
> Directory Listing Exploit
> 
> 
> Matt Watchinski wrote:
> > # Name: Apache Artificially Long Slash Path Directory 
> Listing Exploit
> > # Author: Matt Watchinski
> > # Ref: SecurityFocus BID 2503
> > #
> > # Affects: Apache 1.3.17 and below
> 
> Doh! From apache 1.3.x CHANGES file:
> 
> Changes with Apache 1.3.18 [not released]
> 
>   *) SECURITY: The default installation could lead to mod_negotiation
>      and mod_dir/mod_autoindex displaying a directory listing 
> instead of
>      the index.html.* files, if a very long path was created
> artificially
>      by using many slashes. Now a 403 FORBIDDEN is returned.
>      [Martin Kraemer]
>      
> Of course, 1.3.19 _was_ released. Ages ago.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben.
> 
> 
> --
> http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html
> 
> "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he
> doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
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