CVE - CVE-2007-0450

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0450	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20070314 SEC Consult SA-20070314-0 :: Apache HTTP Server / Tomcat directory traversal URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded MISC:20080108 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded MISC:20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded MISC:20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1) URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded MISC:22960 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960 MISC:239312 URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1 MISC:2446 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446 MISC:24732 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24732 MISC:25106 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25106 MISC:25159 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 MISC:25280 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25280 MISC:26235 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 MISC:26660 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26660 MISC:27037 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 MISC:28365 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28365 MISC:30899 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30899 MISC:30908 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30908 MISC:33668 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33668 MISC:ADV-2007-0975 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975 MISC:ADV-2007-2732 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 MISC:ADV-2007-3087 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087 MISC:ADV-2007-3386 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 MISC:ADV-2008-0065 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065 MISC:ADV-2008-1979 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references MISC:ADV-2009-0233 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233 MISC:APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html MISC:GLSA-200705-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml MISC:HPSBUX02262 URL:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 MISC:MDKSA-2007:241 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241 MISC:RHSA-2007:0327 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html MISC:RHSA-2007:0360 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0261 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html MISC:SSRT071447 URL:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 MISC:SUSE-SR:2007:005 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2007:015 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html MISC:[Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 URL:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [25/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [18/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [20/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [30/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MISC:http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx URL:http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx MISC:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 URL:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 MISC:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm URL:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm MISC:http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 URL:http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 MISC:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html URL:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html MISC:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html URL:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html MISC:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html URL:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html MISC:http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html URL:http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html MISC:http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html URL:http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html MISC:http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt URL:http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10643 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643 MISC:tomcat-proxy-directory-traversal(32988) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20070123	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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