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Apache Tomcat: Low: Limited directory traversal (CVE-2015-5174)

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Apache Tomcat: Low: Limited directory traversal (CVE-2015-5174)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/23/2016
Modified
12/23/2024

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-6_0_45
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_65
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_0_27

References

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