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CVE-2008-2938

Date: August 12, 2008

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.

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (72)

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

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20110711210039/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20100516085845/http://secunia.com/advisories/37297

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124957/http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

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

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111236/http://secunia.com/advisories/33797

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

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20110713233239/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html

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

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124633/http://secunia.com/advisories/31891

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20080827130946/http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090308065055/http://secunia.com/advisories/31865

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

Url: https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140826171227/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140826232500/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201125002/http://secunia.com/advisories/32266

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

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124638/http://secunia.com/advisories/32120

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140628064448/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140628064423/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201141000/http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234158/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c55ad56ed72ee1dbfe790bc5492d4df74e3e754f

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200612070417/http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201124623/http://secunia.com/advisories/31639

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140827130327/http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2938

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

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

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

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140826163457/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2938

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Path Traversal

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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