# CVE-2006-4223: IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) before 6.0.2.13 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified ve

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-08-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) before 6.0.2.13 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors related to "JSP source code exposure" (PK23475), which occurs when ibm-web-ext.xmi sets fileServingEnabled to true or ExtendedDocumentRoot is used to place a JSP outside a WAR.file; (3) the First Failure Data Capture (ffdc) log file (PK24834); and (4) traces (PK25568), a different issue than CVE-2006-4137.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3281
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24478
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243541
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006876#60213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21487
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22991
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24013827

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