CVE-2015-5174
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 25, 2016
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 1, 2015
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- GLSA-201705-09vendor-advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1700900
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0865vendor-advisory
- USN-3024-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0769vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2045vendor-advisory
- DSA-3530vendor-advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- HPSBUX03561vendor-advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1696284
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- RHSA-2016:1434vendor-advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1700898
- 1035070vdb-entry
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
- RHSA-2016:1433vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- 83329vdb-entry
- RHSA-2016:1432vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0822vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2599vendor-advisory
- 20160222 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-5174 Apache Tomcat Limited Directory Traversalmailing-list
- DSA-3609vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135883/Apache-Tomcat-Limited-Directory-Traversal.html
- SUSE-SU-2016:0839vendor-advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1696281
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1700897
- RHSA-2016:1435vendor-advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626
- DSA-3552vendor-advisory
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-users] 20200130 7.0.59 to 7.0.99 upgrade, CVE-2015-5174 fix prevents us from accessing resources outside contextmailing-list
- [tomcat-users] 20200130 Re: 7.0.59 to 7.0.99 upgrade, CVE-2015-5174 fix prevents us from accessing resources outside contextmailing-list
- [tomcat-users] 20200131 Re: 7.0.59 to 7.0.99 upgrade, CVE-2015-5174 fix prevents us from accessing resources outside contextmailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-users] 20200203 Re: 7.0.59 to 7.0.99 upgrade, CVE-2015-5174 fix prevents us from accessing resources outside contextmailing-list
- [tomcat-users] 20200204 Re: 7.0.59 to 7.0.99 upgrade, CVE-2015-5174 fix prevents us from accessing resources outside contextmailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
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