UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174

    Published: 24 Feb 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5174
    Aliases:
    USN-3024-1

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5174, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/149, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3024-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5174

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat6

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    6.0.37-1
    6.0.39-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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