CVE-2008-2938

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-2938
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-08-13T00:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:19:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0.0 4.1.37
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0 5.5.26
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.0.0 6.0.16
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 Broken Link
http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37297 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587 Tool Signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2938
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:22 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 03:02:38 2023-02-13T02:19:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:02:38 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 03:02:39 Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version. Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version. Description updated