RULE(RULE ID:322458)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2019-07-06
Rule Name: Apache Tomcat allowLinking URIencoding Directory Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2938)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370.NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:30633
SecurityTrackerID:1020665
ExploitDB:6229
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html