Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2008-5515

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
16/06/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools