National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2938

Overview

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.

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#343355

Name: VU#343355

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-8130

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-8113

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7977

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html

External Source: XF

Name: tomcat-allowlinking-utf8-directory-traversal(44411)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44411

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0320

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2823

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2780

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2343

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020665

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665

External Source: BID

Name: 31681

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

External Source: BID

Name: 30633

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091107 ToutVirtual VirtualIQ Multiple Vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080811 Apache Tomcat <= 6.0.18 UTF8 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0864

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0862

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0648

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6229

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6229

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:188

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4148

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37297

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37297

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33797

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33797

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32266

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32266

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32222

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32120

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32120

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31982

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31891

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31891

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31865

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31865

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31639

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31639

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02401

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02401

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:018

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587