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GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2 Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-01 Modified 2024-02-23 Official page ↗
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

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