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CVE-2007-5461 Detail

Current Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/10/18/potential-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat-webdav-servlet.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200710.mbox/%3C47135C2D.1000705%40apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119239530508382 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27398 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27446 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27481 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27727 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28317 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28361 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29313 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21286112 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1447 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1453 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0042.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0195.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26070 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018864 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3622 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3671 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3674 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37243 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4530 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00525.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5461
NVD Published Date:
10/15/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.