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CVE-2007-0450

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

Published

2007-03-16T22:19:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	http_server	-	Yes
Application	apache	tomcat	< 5.5.22	Yes
Application	apache	tomcat	< 6.0.10	Yes

References

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx Broken Link ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24732 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25106 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25280 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26660 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28365 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24732 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25106 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25280 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26660 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28365 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)