CVE-2015-5174
Public on 2016-02-25
Modified on 2016-03-29
Description
A directory traversal flaw was found in Tomcat's RequestUtil.java. A remote, authenticated user could use this flaw to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a '/..' in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat6 | 2016-03-29 | ALAS-2016-681 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2016-03-10 | ALAS-2016-657 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2016-03-10 | ALAS-2016-658 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |