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CVE-2007-0450

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2007-07-24 tomcat -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2007-0450
Phase Assigned(20070123)

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20080108 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1
MLIST [Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1
CONFIRM http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
CONFIRM http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
CONFIRM http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
CONFIRM http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm
APPLE APPLE-SA-2007-07-31
GENTOO GLSA-200705-03
HP HPSBUX02262
HP SSRT071447
MANDRIVA MDKSA-2007:241
REDHAT RHSA-2007:0327
REDHAT RHSA-2007:0360
REDHAT RHSA-2008:0261
SUNALERT 239312
SUSE SUSE-SR:2007:005
SUSE SUSE-SR:2007:015
BID 22960
BUGTRAQ 20070314 SEC Consult SA-20070314-0 :: Apache HTTP Server / Tomcat directory traversal
MISC http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html
MISC http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt
BID 25159
FRSIRT ADV-2007-0975
FRSIRT ADV-2007-2732
FRSIRT ADV-2007-3087
FRSIRT ADV-2007-3386
FRSIRT ADV-2008-0065
FRSIRT ADV-2008-1979
SECUNIA 24732
SECUNIA 25106
SECUNIA 25280
SECUNIA 26235
SECUNIA 26660
SECUNIA 27037
SECUNIA 28365
SECUNIA 30908
SECUNIA 30899
SREASON 2446
XF tomcat-proxy-directory-traversal(32988)