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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-5515
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through...
Vulnerability Description
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the RequestDispatcher method, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct directory traversal attacks via .. (dot dot) sequences and the WEB-INF directory in a Request.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35263
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35393
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6445
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10422
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19452
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%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/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.10, 4.1.11, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.18, 4.1.19, 4.1.20, 4.1.21, 4.1.22, 4.1.23, 4.1.24, 4.1.25, 4.1.26, 4.1.27, 4.1.28, 4.1.29, 4.1.30, 4.1.31, 4.1.32, 4.1.33, 4.1.34, 4.1.35, 4.1.36, 4.1.37, 4.1.38, 4.1.39, 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.5.9, 5.5.10, 5.5.11, 5.5.12, 5.5.13, 5.5.14, 5.5.15, 5.5.16, 5.5.17, 5.5.18, 5.5.19, 5.5.20, 5.5.21, 5.5.22, 5.5.23, 5.5.24, 5.5.25, 5.5.26, 5.5.27, 6.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16, 6.0.17, 6.0.18
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 16th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.