CVE-2008-2370

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 52.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5 (+76)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31379
http://secunia.com/advisories/31381
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120

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