CVE-2008-2370

Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 - 'RequestDispatcher' Information Disclosure

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a request parameter.

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 hasta la 4.1.37, 5.5.0 hasta la 5.5.26 y 6.0.0 hasta la 6.0.16, cuando se utiliza RequestDispatcher, realiza una regularización de ruta antes de eliminar la cadena de consulta desde la URI, lo cual permite a atacantes remotos dirigir ataques de salto de directorio y leer archivos arbitrariamente mediante un .. (punto punto) en un parametro request.

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in 3rd party software used in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor running Oracle and Apache Tomcat Software. HP has updated the Apache Tomcat and Oracle database software to address vulnerabilities affecting confidentiality, availability, and integrity. Revision 1 of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-21 CVE Reserved
2008-08-01 First Exploit
2008-08-04 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (63)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/31379	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31381	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33999	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34013	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35393	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36249	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4099	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495022/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020623	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2305	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2215	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44156	Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10577	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5876	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32137	2008-08-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30494	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	2023-02-13
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2	2023-02-13
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2	2023-02-13
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html	2023-02-13
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html	2023-02-13
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html	2023-02-13
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2370	2010-08-04
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457934	2010-08-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.15"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.16"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.17 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.17"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.18 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.18"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.19 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.19"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.20 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.20"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.21 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.21"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.22 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.22"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.23 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.23"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.24 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.24"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.25 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.25"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.26 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.26"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.27 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.27"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.28 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.28"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.29 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.29"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.30 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.30"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.31 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.31"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.32 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.32"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.33 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.33"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.34 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.34"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.35 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.35"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.36 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.36"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				4.1.37 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "4.1.37"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.15"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.16"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.17 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.17"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.18 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.18"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.19 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.19"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.20 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.20"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.21 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.21"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.22 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.22"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.23 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.23"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.24 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.24"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.25 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.25"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.26 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.26"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.15"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.16"		-		Affected