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Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tomcat8  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-TOMCAT8-625900
  • 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)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8 package and not the tomcat8 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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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