01 Record
CVE-2008-5515
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 18.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-06-16 20:26Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9995c50bade254e4233da4d1a3be9d6230d85046944df539da36a2402a07e9aa
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- marc.infoHPSBMA02535http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- secunia.com39317http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:138http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1535http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-11356https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2207http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- jvn.jpJVN#63832775http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html
- marc.infoHPSBUX02860http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- secunia.com37460http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3056http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- secunia.com35788http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
- www.securityfocus.com20090610 [SECURITY] UPDATED CVE-2008-5515 RequestDispatcher directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com35263http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35263
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1520http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1520
- secunia.com44183http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1856http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
- www.securityfocus.com20090608 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-5515 RequestDispatcher directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com42368http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- secunia.com35393http://secunia.com/advisories/35393
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-11374https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6445https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6445
- secunia.com35685http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-11352https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- www.fujitsu.comhttp://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:012http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- marc.infoHPSBUX02579http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:136http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- sunsolve.sun.com263529http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10422https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10422
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:19452https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19452
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3316http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E