CVE-2008-5515

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.10, 4.1.11 (+74)

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/35393
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317

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