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GHSA-ggx9-4728-588r Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-02 Modified 2024-02-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2009-2693
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2024-02-08

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.29 → fixed in 5.5.29 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.24 → fixed in 6.0.24

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a `..` (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a `../../bin/catalina.bat` entry.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2009-2693 Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

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