CVE-2015-5174

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-22
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat6.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 /webapps directory.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (tomcat6)	ELSA-2016-2045	2016-10-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (tomcat)	ELSA-2016-2599	2016-11-09