National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2693
Original release date:01/28/2010
Last revised:03/07/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
Official Statement from Red Hat (03/02/2010)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2693
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
This issue has been addressed in JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.1: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-0213
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: tomcat-war-directory-traversal(55855)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1986
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1559
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
External Source: BID
Name: 37944
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20100124 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-2693 Apache Tomcat unexpected file deletion and/or alteration
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0582
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0580
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0119
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:177
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:176
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2207
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-899-1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1023505
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43310
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 40813
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 40330
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 39317
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38687
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38541
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38346
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38316
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7017
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0147
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1701
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1700
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2010:008
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100145
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100145
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7017
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5