CVE-2008-2938: Path Traversal
First published: Wed Aug 13 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | >=6.0.0<=6.0.16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=4.0.0<=4.1.37 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=5.0.0<=5.5.26 | |
| 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 | 4.1.39 |
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Reference Links
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