Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5 | Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T12:19:30.290Z
Reserved: 2007-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2007-0450
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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-03-16T22:19:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-0450
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Github GHSA