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CVE-2005-1753 Detail

Disputed     

Current Description

ReadMessage.jsp in JavaMail API 1.1.3 through 1.3, as used by Apache Tomcat 5.0.16, allows remote attackers to view other users' e-mail attachments via a direct request to /mailboxesdir/username@domainname. NOTE: Sun and Apache dispute this issue. Sun states: "The report makes references to source code and files that do not exist in the mentioned products.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)

We do not believe this is a security issue; this is a deliberate circumvention of the Javamail API. The Javamail API provides a comprehensive and secure method to retrieve mail. In this example, the author retreives the message directly from the mail directory on the filesystem. Even if the user insists on using this incorrect way of accessing mail, then the permissions set by the dovecot and tomcat packages are enough to protect against direct access to most of the files listed in the bug report.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111697083812367&w=2
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1753
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2024
Source:
MITRE