CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5515

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2009-06-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-06-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the RequestDispatcher method, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct directory traversal attacks via .. (dot dot) sequences and the WEB-INF directory in a Request.

Affected configurations

• apache tomcat 4.1.0 • apache tomcat 4.1.1 • apache tomcat 4.1.2 • apache tomcat 4.1.3 • apache tomcat 4.1.10 • apache tomcat 4.1.11 • apache tomcat 4.1.12 • apache tomcat 4.1.13 • apache tomcat 4.1.14 • apache tomcat 4.1.15 • apache tomcat 4.1.16 • apache tomcat 4.1.17 • apache tomcat 4.1.18 • apache tomcat 4.1.19 • apache tomcat 4.1.20 • apache tomcat 4.1.21 • apache tomcat 4.1.22 • apache tomcat 4.1.23 • apache tomcat 4.1.24 • apache tomcat 4.1.25 • apache tomcat 4.1.26 • apache tomcat 4.1.27 • apache tomcat 4.1.28 • apache tomcat 4.1.29 • apache tomcat 4.1.30 • apache tomcat 4.1.31 • apache tomcat 4.1.32 • apache tomcat 4.1.33 • apache tomcat 4.1.34 • apache tomcat 4.1.35 • apache tomcat 4.1.36 • apache tomcat 4.1.37 • apache tomcat 4.1.38 • apache tomcat 4.1.39 • apache tomcat 5.5.0 • apache tomcat 5.5.1 • apache tomcat 5.5.2 • apache tomcat 5.5.3 • apache tomcat 5.5.4 • apache tomcat 5.5.5 • apache tomcat 5.5.6 • apache tomcat 5.5.7 • apache tomcat 5.5.8 • apache tomcat 5.5.9 • apache tomcat 5.5.10 • apache tomcat 5.5.11 • apache tomcat 5.5.12 • apache tomcat 5.5.13 • apache tomcat 5.5.14 • apache tomcat 5.5.15 • apache tomcat 5.5.16 • apache tomcat 5.5.17 • apache tomcat 5.5.18 • apache tomcat 5.5.19 • apache tomcat 5.5.20 • apache tomcat 5.5.21 • apache tomcat 5.5.22 • apache tomcat 5.5.23 • apache tomcat 5.5.24 • apache tomcat 5.5.25 … and 20 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References