Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37297
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32120
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32266
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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