| Thanks Hugo;
| So it seems like the security vulnerability is caused primarily by not
| thinking about every possibility in your servlet config
| (cfm,Cfm,CFm,CFM,cFM,cfM,cFm)... did I miss any other 3-letter ones?
| IOW, while the web server is case-insensitive - the J2EE container
| config is still not.

It is also if you are trying to block files through some kinds of rules,
e.g. .cvsignore .htaccess etc

| On 5/14/2012 1:21 PM, Hugo Ahlenius wrote:
| > You may have to be careful so that the handling and rules matches
| different
| > scenarios. If you have set up the cfml handler to process files named
| > '.cfm', what happens when there is a request for a cFm file. If the
| handler
| > is not processing the file, and the file system is not case sensitive
| (e.g.
| > windows) then that file might be served as text instead - giving the
| > client/attacker full access to your source code.
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