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Apache Tomcat < 6.0.18 UTF-8 Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800620

Synopsis

The remote web server is prone to a directory traversal attack.

Description

The version of Apache Tomcat installed on the remote host is affected by a directory traversal issue. By encoding directory traversal sequences as UTF-8 in a request, an unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage this issue to view arbitrary files on the remote host. Note that successful exploitation requires that a context be configured with 'allowLinking' set to 'true' and the connector with 'URIEncoding' set to 'UTF-8', neither of which is a default setting.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0.18 or higher.

See Also

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

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

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496168/30/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499356/30/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800620

Family: Web Servers

Nessus ID: 33866

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2938

BID: 30633