GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2 Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2008-2938
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2024-02-23
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.39 → fixed in 4.1.39
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.27 → fixed in 5.5.27
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.18 → fixed in 6.0.18
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2008-2938 Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c55ad56ed72ee1dbfe790bc5492d4df74e3e754f web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111236/http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090308065055/http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100516085845/http://secunia.com/advisories/37297 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110711210039/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110713233239/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234158/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html web
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- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html web
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 web
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat package
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html web
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html web
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html web
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 web
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm web