K9110 : Apache Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability - CVE-2008-2370

Security Advisory Description

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F5 products and versions that have been evaluated for this Security Advisory

Vulnerability description and product information

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 through a … (dot dot) in a request parameter.

Note: This issue is considered to be a local vulnerability with low risk, as execution would require the user to already be logged in to the Configuration utility for the BIG-IP LTM, GTM, ASM, PSM, Link Controller, WebAccelerator, and Enterprise Manager products.

Information about this advisory is available at the following location:

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<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-2370&gt;

F5 Product Development tracked this issue as CR104935 and it was fixed in BIG-IP 10.1.0 and Enterprise Manager 2.0.0. For information about upgrading, refer to the BIG-IP LTM, GTM, ASM, PSM, Link Controller, WebAccelerator, or Enterprise Manager release notes.

F5 Product Development tracked this issue as ID 31455 for ARX and it was fixed in ARX 5.2.0. For information about upgrading, refer to the ARX release notes.