CVE-2008-2938
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 13, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 30, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- 37297third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0862vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-2823vdb-entry
- 31982third-party-advisory
- 31681vdb-entry
- 32120third-party-advisory
- VU#343355third-party-advisory
- tomcat-allowlinking-utf8-directory-traversal(44411)vdb-entry
- 31865third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8130vendor-advisory
- 31639third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:018vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587vdb-entrysignature
- 1020665vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:188vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
- ADV-2009-0320vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0864vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-2343vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2009:004vendor-advisory
- 6229exploit
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- 30633vdb-entry
- 20091107 ToutVirtual VirtualIQ Multiple Vulnerabilitiesmailing-list
- 32222third-party-advisory
- 31891third-party-advisory
- 33797third-party-advisory
- 4148third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-7977vendor-advisory
- 20080811 Apache Tomcat <= 6.0.18 UTF8 Directory Traversal Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- FEDORA-2008-8113vendor-advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- ADV-2008-2780vdb-entry
- HPSBUX02401vendor-advisory
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt
- APPLE-SA-2008-10-09vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- 32266third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0648vendor-advisory
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
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