RE: TRACE used to increase the dangerous of XSS.

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Isn't this a bug in Internet Explorer?  Shouldn't the Microsoft XMLHTTP
ActiveX control be removing cookies from returned HTTP headers when a
HTTP TRACE is done?  I know that this already happens when a GET or a
POST is done with XMLHTTP.

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremiah Grossman [mailto:jeremiah () whitehatsec com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:33 PM
To: bugtraq () securityfocus com; webappsec () securityfocus com;
vulnwatch () vulnwatch org
Subject: TRACE used to increase the dangerous of XSS.


WhiteHat Security has released a new white paper discussing a new class
of web-app-sec attack (XST) which potentially affects all web servers
supporting TRACE.

The white paper explains all the detailed technical results we have
found so far. We are fairly certain this particular issue will spark
much debate and encourage those interested to read and comment.


White Paper Mirrors:
http://www.betanews.com/whitehat/WH-WhitePaper_XST_ebook.pdf
http://www.cgisecurity.com/whitehat-mirror/WhitePaper_screen.pdf
http://www.boarder.org/WH-WhitePaper_XST_ebook.pdf
http://www.forumgalaxy.com/whmirror/WhitePaper_screen.pdf

Press Release
http://www.whitehatsec.com/press_releases/WH-PR-20030120.txt


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