Directory Traversal Affecting tomcat7 package, versions <7.0.56-3+deb8u2

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Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-TOMCAT7-364159
published25 Feb 2016
disclosed25 Feb 2016

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Introduced: 25 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-5174 (opens in a new tab) CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 tomcat7 to version 7.0.56-3+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat7 package and not the tomcat7 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.