CVE-2007-0450

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

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References

• http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspxBroken Link
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Third Party Advisory
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795Broken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24732Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25106Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25280Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26660Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27037Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28365Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30899Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30908Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33668Third Party Advisory