Upstream information

CVE-2008-2938 at MITRE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in 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 allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 417217 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 427726 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.36.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA tomcat6-6.0.18-20.35.36.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.18-20.35.40.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA tomcat6-6.0.18-20.35.40.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • tomcat6 >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-javadoc >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-lib >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
  • tomcat6-webapps >= 6.0.41-0.43.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA tomcat6-6.0.41-0.43.1

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 tomcat Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 tomcat Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tomcat Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tomcat Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tomcat Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:04:50 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:14:43 2024