{"id":"CVE-2015-5174","title":"Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent direct…","summary":"Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent direct…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","affected":["debian_linux = 7.0","debian_linux = 8.0","tomcat = 6.0.0","tomcat = 6.0.1","tomcat = 6.0.2","tomcat = 6.0.4","tomcat = 6.0.10","tomcat = 6.0.11","tomcat = 6.0.13","tomcat = 6.0.14","tomcat = 6.0.16","tomcat = 6.0.18","tomcat = 6.0.20","tomcat = 6.0.24","tomcat = 6.0.26","tomcat = 6.0.28","tomcat = 6.0.29","tomcat = 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Overview\n\nDirectory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `debian_linux = 7.0`\n- `debian_linux = 8.0`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.2`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.4`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.10`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.13`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.16`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.18`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.24`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.26`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.28`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.29`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.30`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.32`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.33`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.35`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.36`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.37`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.39`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.41`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.43`\n- `tomcat = 6.0.44`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.2`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.4`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.5`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.6`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.10`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.12`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.16`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.19`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.21`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.22`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.23`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.25`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.26`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.27`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.28`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.29`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.30`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.32`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.33`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.34`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.35`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.37`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.39`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.40`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.41`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.42`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.47`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.50`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.52`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.53`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.54`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.55`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.56`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.57`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.59`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.61`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.62`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.63`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.64`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.12`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.15`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.17`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.18`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.21`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.22`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.23`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.24`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.26`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 12.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 14.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 15.10`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 16.04`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":2.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}