CVE-2008-2370

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2370
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-04 01:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionApache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a request parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.25 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.27 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.28 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.29 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.30 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.31 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.32 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.33 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.34 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.35 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.36 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.37 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.9 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997496 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-m8h8-6rvg-f4mg)

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