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Hi all,

 
I am using Xymon 4.3.2 on RHEL5

 
I am monitoring a log file which has a lot of <…> combinations.

 
It looks like Xymon is interpreting the contents of the logfile as HTML

 
When it gets displayed to the screen I see this..

           
####     <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue:
'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> <> <> <1308183254039>

 
but the actual log entry (and when I view source) shows this…

 

 
Thanks

Alan Ford


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From: David Baldwin [mailto:user-cbbf693f2c89@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2011 1:04 PM
To: FORD Alan
Cc: 'Xymon mailinglist'
Subject: Re: [Xymon] msgs display is interpreting logfile as HTML.

Alan,

You are correct - any embedded HTML tags do get presented verbatim back through the Xymon web interface. I dealt with this for a Windows event log processing test I wrote which was getting a similar issue with Blackberry server events.

In fact any status message can include HTML (and many tests do by design).

The msgs reporting can be in effect used as a XSS vector if the right kind of log message can trigger being displayed in the Xymon web interface. If a message is going to be embedded inside <PRE> tags it's probably worth quoting HTML entities along the way.

David.

Hi all,

I am using Xymon 4.3.2 on RHEL5

I am monitoring a log file which has a lot of <…> combinations.

It looks like Xymon is interpreting the contents of the logfile as HTML

When it gets displayed to the screen I see this..

####     <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> <> <> <1308183254039>


but the actual log entry (and when I view source) shows this…

####<Jun 16, 2011 10:14:14 AM EST> <Info> <WliSbTransports> <soapro01.stanwell.com> <osb_ms01> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<anonymous>> <> <> <1308183254039> <BEA-381113> <File Market_Trading/DataTransfer/Barron_Process_Data_20110616_101406.csv renamed to 2008343281842716392-3dafdf91.130945f6a25.bb__Barron_Process_Data_20110616_101406.csv.Stage on the remote host barftp01 for the service endpoint ProxyService$Remote Operations Scada$Proxy Services$PollForBarronScadaFilePS>


Thanks
Alan Ford

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So is there a easy way to "disable" this function for the logfiles??
or will I have to do something to preprocess the logs and strip out
the <> ??

 

*Sent:* Thursday, 16 June 2011 1:04 PM
*To:* FORD Alan
*Cc:* 'Xymon mailinglist'
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] msgs display is interpreting logfile as HTML.

 
Alan,

You are correct - any embedded HTML tags do get presented verbatim
back through the Xymon web interface. I dealt with this for a Windows
event log processing test I wrote which was getting a similar issue
with Blackberry server events.

In fact any status message can include HTML (and many tests do by design).

The msgs reporting can be in effect used as a XSS vector if the right
kind of log message can trigger being displayed in the Xymon web
interface. If a message is going to be embedded inside <PRE> tags it's
probably worth quoting HTML entities along the way.

David.

Hi all,

 
I am using Xymon 4.3.2 on RHEL5

 
I am monitoring a log file which has a lot of <…> combinations.

 
It looks like Xymon is interpreting the contents of the logfile as HTML

 
When it gets displayed to the screen I see this..

           
####     <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue:
'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> <> <> <1308183254039>

 
but the actual log entry (and when I view source) shows this…

 
####<Jun16, 2011 10:14:14
AMEST><Info><WliSbTransports><soapro01.stanwell.com><osb_ms01><[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread:
'1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<anonymous>>
<> <> <1308183254039>
<BEA-381113><FileMarket_Trading/DataTransfer/Barron_Process_Data_20110616_101406.csvrenamedto2008343281842716392-3dafdf91.130945f6a25.bb__Barron_Process_Data_20110616_101406.csv.Stageontheremotehostbarftp01fortheserviceendpointProxyService$RemoteOperationsScada$ProxyServices$PollForBarronScadaFilePS>

 
Thanks

Alan Ford

 
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