CVE-2015-5174

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-02-22

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.

See more information about CVE-2015-5174 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	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

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