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CVE-2008-2938

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16,

Directory traversal vulnerability in 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 allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.92704

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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Affected Products & Versions

3

apache tomcat>= 4.0.0 and <= 4.1.37
apache tomcat>= 5.0.0 and <= 5.5.26
apache tomcat>= 6.0.0 and <= 6.0.16

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Affected Packages

1

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat MODERATE fixed in 4.1.39

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Public Exploits & PoCs

3

remoteApache Tomcat < 6.0.18 - 'utf8' Directory Traversalverified
remoteApache Tomcat < 6.0.18 - 'utf8' Directory Traversal (PoC)verified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 6229www.exploit-db.com

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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productmediumTomcat WebServer Logs Deleted

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD13 Aug 2008 · 12:41 AM

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Vendor Advisories

5

rhsaRHSA-2008:1007Low
rhsaRHSA-2008:0862Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0648Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0877Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0864Moderate

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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31639Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/31865Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/31891Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/31982Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/32120Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/32222Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/32266Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/33797Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/37297Broken Link

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216Third Party Advisory

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htmThird Party Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txtThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587Tool Signature

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.htmlThird Party Advisory

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