NVD - CVE-2008-5515

CVE-2008-5515 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/16/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html	Patch
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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35263	Patch
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1520	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10422
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19452
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6445
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10422
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10422

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6445
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6445

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Path Traversal (CWE-22)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

4 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 10/11/2018 4:55:34 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Patch]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Patch]

CVE Modified by MITRE - 9/28/2017 9:32:39 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10422 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19452 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6445 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19452 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6445 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10422 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5515
NVD Published Date:
06/16/2009
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018

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