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Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-5515 - Vulnerability Database
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Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-5515

Medium
Reference: CVE-2008-5515
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5515
Title: Apache Tomcat Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

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.