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Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2370 - Vulnerability Database
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Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2370

Medium
Reference: CVE-2008-2370
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2370
Title: Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

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.