GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-m8h8-6rvg-f4mg Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2008-2370
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2024-02-09
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.38 → fixed in 4.1.38
• 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
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 a `RequestDispatcher` is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a `..` (dot dot) in a request parameter.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2008-2370 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 a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2370 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44156 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124638/http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124957/http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090201125002/http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090201141000/http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111236/http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090225175903/http://secunia.com/advisories/33999 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090228074535/http://secunia.com/advisories/31379 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090228074540/http://secunia.com/advisories/34013 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090308065055/http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090811003155/http://secunia.com/advisories/35393 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090828023853/http://secunia.com/advisories/36249 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100706231759/http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110714083521/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020623 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30494 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120719164745/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495022/100/0/threaded web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120724210029/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140723000733/http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150621204350/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded web
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html web
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html web
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html web
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat package
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- 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/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%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/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10577 web
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5876 web