CVE-2007-0450

Published: Mar 16, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Apache: Http Server, Tomcat

Apache

2 products

Http Server

Tomcat

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Http Server	All versions
Apache Tomcat	From 5.0.0 to 5.5.22
Apache Tomcat	From 6.0.0 to 6.0.10

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (112)

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24732

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25106

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25280

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26660

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27037

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28365

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30899

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30908

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33668

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx