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Directory Traversal in Apache Tomcat

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 21, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.40
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.28
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.20

Patched versions

4.1.40
5.5.28
6.0.20

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 16, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jun 9, 2022
Last updated Feb 21, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.393%
(74th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-5515

GHSA ID

GHSA-9737-qmgc-hfr9

Source code

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