CVE-2008-2370: Path Traversal
First published: Mon Aug 04 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.35 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.36 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.18 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.21 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.12 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.14 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.24 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.25 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.26 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.20 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.15 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.27 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.15 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.30 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.21 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.18 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.22 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.14 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.19 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.9 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.31 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.29 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.22 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.26 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.13 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.9 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.25 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.0 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.14 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.33 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.0 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.13 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.12 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.24 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.12 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.28 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.15 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.0 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.20 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.19 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.23 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.34 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.32 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.37 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.13 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =5.5.23 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =6.0.8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =4.1.9 | |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=6.0.0<=6.0.16 | 6.0.18 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=5.5.0<=5.5.26 | 5.5.27 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=4.1.0<=4.1.37 | 4.1.38 |
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