Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-26 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 5:53 AM, André Warnier wrote: > So yes, by any means, have the Manager disabled by default, even when > subsequently enabled restrict it by default to localhost, ... +1

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-26 Thread David Bullock
On 25 November 2013 23:27, Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: > What most users do is to copy the XML example, and paste it into > tomcat-users.xml. > > I propose that 401 page for Manager be dynamically generated, so that > instead of occurrences of example password "s3cret", it generates random > passwor

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-26 Thread André Warnier
Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: Chris, On 25.11.2013 20:56, Christopher Schultz wrote: What most users do is to copy the XML example, and paste it into tomcat-users.xml. If that were the case, I would have expected to see "tomcat:s2cret" listed in the worm's "obvious creds" list. Since it's

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Ognjen Blagojevic
Chris, On 25.11.2013 20:56, Christopher Schultz wrote: What most users do is to copy the XML example, and paste it into tomcat-users.xml. If that were the case, I would have expected to see "tomcat:s2cret" listed in the worm's "obvious creds" list. Since it's not there, I suppose that

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Ognjen, On 11/25/13, 7:27 AM, Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: > Current 401 page for Manager application says something like: > > You are not authorized to view this page. If you have not > changed any configuration files, please examine the file > c

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Mark, On 11/25/13, 5:08 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: > Folks that disabled the LockOutRealm in server.xml that protects > against brute-force password attacks (against any app - not just > the Manager) should probably be worried. I had configured my Mana

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Ognjen Blagojevic
Mikolaj, On 25.11.2013 12:46, Mikolaj Rydzewski wrote: On 25.11.2013 12:42, Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: I also think it would be very usefull if 401 error page for manager application does not example password "s3cret", but randomly generated long password unique for every request. I guess there

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Mikolaj Rydzewski
On 25.11.2013 12:42, Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: I also think it would be very usefull if 401 error page for manager application does not example password "s3cret", but randomly generated long password unique for every request. I guess there is a number of Tomcat instances out there with username "

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Ognjen Blagojevic
Mark, On 25.11.2013 11:08, Mark Thomas wrote: Unrelated to this issue, I have recently expanded the section of the docs that covers securing the default applications. The updates will be in the next release. Until then you can read it via the copy of the docs built by the CI system: http://ci.ap

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Johan Compagner
> > The one question this raises for me is should the Manager application be > limited to localhost be default? I'd be interested in the community's > views on that. > my view: yes If it is easy configurable (like removing localhost to have all access, but also adding a host) Because then people k

Re: [OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Mark Thomas
On 25/11/2013 08:22, Leon Rosenberg wrote: > Morning everyone, > > what can be greater start in the morning as reading about first tomcat worm > found by symantec ;-) > > http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/all-your-tomcat-are-belong-bad-guys How good your morning will be after reading that ar

[OT] Symantic has a first tomcat worm ;-)

2013-11-25 Thread Leon Rosenberg
Morning everyone, what can be greater start in the morning as reading about first tomcat worm found by symantec ;-) http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/all-your-tomcat-are-belong-bad-guys Enjoy your caffe. Leon