CVE-2008-3273
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBossEAP or EAP) before 4.2.0.CP03, and 4.3.0 before 4.3.0.CP01, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about "deployed web contexts" via a request to the status servlet, as demonstrated by a full=true query string.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe JBoss Enterprise Application Platform status servlet exposes sensitive information about deployed web contexts when queried with the 'full=true' parameter. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gather intelligence about the application's internal structure, including context paths and potentially other deployment details.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.2.0.cp03<= 4.3.0= 4.2.0.cp01= 4.2.0.cp02CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify JBoss EAP versionCheck the version.txt file in the JBoss installation directory, or look for version information in the server startup logs. Common paths: $JBOSS_HOME/bin/version.txt or check the JAR manifest files in $JBOSS_HOME/lib/endorsed/.Affected if The installed version is 4.2.0.cp01, 4.2.0.cp02, 4.2.0.cp03, or any 4.2.x version prior to cp03, or any 4.3.x version prior to 4.3.0.cp01.
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Confirm status servlet is accessibleAttempt to access the JBoss status servlet at common paths such as /status or /jmx-console/status. Use a web browser or curl: curl http://<host>:<port>/statusAffected if The status servlet responds without requiring authentication.
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Test full parameter for information disclosureSend a request to the status servlet with the full parameter: curl 'http://<host>:<port>/status?full=true'. Inspect the response for deployed web context paths, WAR file names, or other deployment details.Affected if The response contains a list of deployed web application contexts, WAR file paths, or internal deployment metadata.
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Check network exposure of status servletVerify whether the host and port serving the status servlet is exposed to untrusted networks. Check iptables rules, firewall configuration, or network ACLs that allow external access to the JBoss HTTP port (typically 8080).Affected if The JBoss HTTP port is reachable from untrusted networks or the internet without network-level filtering.
You are affected if running a vulnerable JBoss EAP version (4.2.x up to and including cp03, or 4.3.x up to and including 4.3.0) with the status servlet exposed to untrusted access and the 'full=true' parameter returns deployment intelligence.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade JBoss EAP to version 4.2.0.CP03 or later, or 4.3.0.CP01 or later. Alternatively, restrict access to the status servlet through network segmentation or web.xml security constraints.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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