CVE-2008-2938

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.6
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
92.82

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update Tomcat to 9.5.14Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.5.5Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.5.7Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.5.8Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.6.10Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.6.3Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.6.4Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.6.7Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.6.8Windows
Update Tomcat to 2.4.5Windows
Update Tomcat to 3.0.14Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938 are fixed in Apache - tomcat 4.1.39Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938,CVE-2008-2370,CVE-2008-1947,CVE-2008-1232 are fixed in Apache - tomcat 5.5.27Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938,CVE-2008-2370,CVE-2008-1947 are fixed in Apache - tomcat 6.0.18Windows
Update Tomcat to 9.5.14 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.5.5 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.5.7 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.5.8 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.6.10 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.6.3 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.6.4 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.6.7 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 9.6.8 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 2.4.5 (For Linux)Linux
Update Tomcat to 3.0.14 (For Linux)Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938 are fixed in Apache - tomcat for Linux 4.1.39Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938,CVE-2008-2370,CVE-2008-1947,CVE-2008-1232 are fixed in Apache - tomcat for Linux 5.5.27Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2008-2938,CVE-2008-2370,CVE-2008-1947 are fixed in Apache - tomcat for Linux 6.0.18Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234