CVE-2008-5515
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 18.7%EU EUVD
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 RequestDispatcher method, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct directory traversal attacks via .. (dot dot) sequences and the WEB-INF directory in a Request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 18.7% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3308)
- Published
- June 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3308 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
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References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63832775/index.html(Patch)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200902e.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504170/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504202/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35263(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1520(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1535
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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