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CVE-2009-2693

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Date: January 28, 2010

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.

Language: Java

Severity Score

4.8

Related Resources (66)

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20201206235536/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200516121700/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/40813

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19355

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986

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

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat55/commit/0299cb724ea71f304d54adfcdb950f59b01fb421

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/40330

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2693

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200229071135/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38687

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43310

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2693

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3e1010b1a2f648581fac3d68afbf18f2979f6bf6

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19355

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

Url: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38316

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0119

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1023505

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/57126

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7017

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

Url: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c02241113

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38541

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/39317

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38346

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855

Url: http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html

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

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0582

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0580

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2693

Severity Score

4.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Path Traversal

CWE-22

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.tomcat:catalina - 6.0.24

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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