Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5515
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.
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5515
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.30%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 66 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5515
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
10.0
|
2.9
|
[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5515
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The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-5515
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
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http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
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http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1520
Patch;Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35263
Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10422
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
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http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html
Patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6445
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19452
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-5515
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*