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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

91.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5 (opens in a new tab)

References (56)

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30908 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 239312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• tomcat-proxy-directory-traversal(32988) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 30899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 33668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080108 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 25280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0360 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 24732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22960 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 28365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 27037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SSRT071447 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 26660 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200705-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 25106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 2446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20070314 SEC Consult SA-20070314-0 :: Apache HTTP Server / Tomcat directory traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:241 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [25/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [18/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [20/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [30/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:19 UTC.