Vulnerability CVE-2009-2693

Vulnerability CVE-2009-2693

Published: 2010-01-28 Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
Med.	Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 and 5.5.28 unexpected file deletion and/or alteration	Mark Thomas	29.01.2010

Type:

CWE-22

(Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10	4.9/10	8.6/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Medium	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
None	Partial	Partial

Affected software
Apache -> Tomcat

References:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023505

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19355

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017

Vulnerability CVE-2009-2693

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

Med.

Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 and 5.5.28 unexpected file deletion and/or alteration

CWE-22

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

5.8/10

4.9/10

8.6/10

Remote

Medium

No required

None

Partial

Partial

Affected software

References: