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Directory Traversal Affecting tomcat-javadoc package, versions <0:7.0.69-10.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATJAVADOC-5111138
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-5174  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-javadoc to version 0:7.0.69-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2599.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-javadoc package and not the tomcat-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

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