Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Affecting tomcat-webapps 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
0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATWEBAPPS-5169577
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016

Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-5345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-552  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-webapps 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-webapps package and not the tomcat-webapps package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

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