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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2009-2693
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2009-2693
Aliases CVE-2009-2693
GHSA-ggx9-4728-588r
Summary Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
Reference id Reference type URL
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19355
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229071135/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944
https://web.archive.org/web/20200516121700/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
https://web.archive.org/web/20201206235536/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
CVE-2009-2693 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2693
GHSA-ggx9-4728-588r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggx9-4728-588r
msg00001.html Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
RHSA-2010-0119.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html
RHSA-2010-0580.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html
RHSA-2010-0582.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html
VMSA-2011-0003.html Other http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html Other http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2009-2693.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

There are no SSVC decisions available.