When trying to access a ressources in a directory that is not readable (because of permissions), the request is not completed, whereas an error message shall be sent back to the client.
An exception is thrown:
[04/05/10 10:16:51][TID:1][Listener][N3] New incoming connection from client: 10.33.231.32
[04/05/10 10:16:51][TID:10][Acceptor][N10] Instanciated new HTTP acceptor
[04/05/10 10:16:51][TID:10][Acceptor][N3] GET request for URL: /root/
Exception in thread "Acceptor" java.lang.NullPointerException
at groom.Security.DirectoryHasBypassSecurity(Security.java:123)
at groom.Acceptor.checkSecurity(Acceptor.java:205)
at groom.Acceptor.handle(Acceptor.java:367)
at groom.Acceptor.run(Acceptor.java:155)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
The core tries to read security file, leading to a security issue.