~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT: Several security issues that may affect Macromedia JRun and ColdFusion customers have come to our attention recently. To learn about these new issues and what actions you can take to address them, Please visit the Security Zone at the Macromedia Web site: http://www.macromedia.com/security ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MPSB02-01 Macromedia Security Bulletin (MPSB02-01) Certain DOS reserved filenames may cause ColdFusion to display the physical web root directory when ColdFusion is used with Microsoft IIS. Originally Posted: May 9, 2002 Summary Certain DOS reserved filenames, such as NUL or PRN, can cause ColdFusion to display the path to the web root directory in an error message. ~~~~~~~ What Customers Should Do Customers are advised to implement one of the two methods described if disclosure of the IIS web root is a security concern. Revisions May 9, 2002 - Bulletin first released. ~~~~~~~ Thank you for your time and consideration on this issue. Security Response Team, Macromedia, Inc. ~~~~ P.S. As a reminder, Macromedia has set up the following e-mail address that customers can use to report security issues associated with any Macromedia product: [mailto:secure@macromedia.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reporting Security Issues Macromedia is committed to addressing security issues and providing customers with the information on how they can protect themselves. If you identify what you believe may be a security issue with a Macromedia product, please send an email to secure@macromedia.com. We will work to appropriately address and communicate the issue. ~~~~~~~ Receiving Security Bulletins When Macromedia becomes aware of a security issue that we believe significantly affects our products or customers, we will notify customers when appropriate. Typically this notification will be in the form of a security bulletin explaining the issue and the response. Macromedia customers who would like to receive notification of new security bulletins when they are released can sign up for our security notification service. For additional information on security issues at Macromedia, please visit the Security Zone at: http://www.macromedia.com/security ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MACROMEDIA IN THIS BULLETIN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MACROMEDIA AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. (USA ONLY) SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL MACROMEDIA, INC. OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, COVER, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR THE LIKE, OR LOSS OF BUSINESS DAMAGES, BASED ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF MACROMEDIA, INC. OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (USA ONLY) SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. Macromedia reserves the right, from time to time, to update the information in this document with current information.
