On 02/03/18 15:33, Konstantin Kolinko wrote:
> 2018-03-02 14:51 GMT+03:00  <ma...@apache.org>:
>> Author: markt
>> Date: Fri Mar  2 11:51:19 2018
>> New Revision: 1825713
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1825713&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Work-around a known, non-specification compliant behaviour in some versions 
>> of IE that can allow XSS when using the JMX proxy feature of the Manager 
>> application.
>> Based on a suggestion from Muthukumar Marikani.
> 
> It may be worth to add the same to ManagerServlet, HostManagerServlet
> that use text/plain as well.

I'm not sure. I'll take a closer look but the first one I looked at was
HTML escaped because it is used by both Manager and HTMLManager.

> Also ManagerServlet, HostManagerServlet have an explicit charset in
> their mime-type,
> response.setContentType("text/plain;charset="+Constants.CHARSET);

Good catch. I've added that the JMX text output.

Mark

> 
> 
>> Modified:
>>     tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JMXProxyServlet.java
>>     tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
>>
>> Modified: tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JMXProxyServlet.java
>> URL: 
>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JMXProxyServlet.java?rev=1825713&r1=1825712&r2=1825713&view=diff
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JMXProxyServlet.java 
>> (original)
>> +++ tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JMXProxyServlet.java Fri 
>> Mar  2 11:51:19 2018
>> @@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ public class JMXProxyServlet extends Htt
>>      public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse 
>> response)
>>              throws IOException, ServletException {
>>          response.setContentType("text/plain");
>> +        // Stop older versions of IE thinking they know best. We set 
>> text/plain
>> +        // in the line above for a reason. IE's behaviour is unwanted at 
>> best
>> +        // and dangerous at worst.
>> +        response.setHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
>>
>>          PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
>>
>>
>> Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
>> URL: 
>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?rev=1825713&r1=1825712&r2=1825713&view=diff
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml (original)
>> +++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Fri Mar  2 11:51:19 2018
>> @@ -157,6 +157,12 @@
>>          Add support for specifying the application version when deploying an
>>          application via the Manager application HTML interface. (markt)
>>        </add>
>> +      <add>
>> +        Work-around a known, non-specification compliant behaviour in some
>> +        versions of IE that can allow XSS when using the JMX proxy feature 
>> of
>> +        the Manager application. Based on a suggestion from Muthukumar 
>> Marikani.
>> +        (markt)
>> +      </add>
>>      </changelog>
>>    </subsection>
>>  </section>
>>
>>
>>
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