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CVE-2009-2693

Severity

6.5

Description

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.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Project

Apache Tomcat

Category
n/a
Tags
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Date Disclosed

2010-01-28

Date Discovered

2009-08-05

Apache Tomcat 6.0.x

First release:
2007-02-28
First release:
2016-12-31
0
Support Lifecycle:
Namespace:
javax
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