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tomcat request dispatcher information disclosure vulnerability

Published Jun 16, 2009

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

References (56)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 16, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 12, 2008
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Jun 8, 2009
GHSA-9737-QMGC-HFR9