Apache Tomcat < 6.0.10 Directory Traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121112

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Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Apache Tomcat instance listening on the remote host is prior to 6.0.10. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Tomcat due to improper handling of certain path delimiters when behind a proxy. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a URI that contains directory traversal characters, to disclose the contents of files located outside of the server's restricted path.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 6.0.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121112

File Name: tomcat_6_0_10.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/11/2019

Updated: 5/6/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat:6

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apache Tomcat

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0450

CWE: 22

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