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CVE-2008-2370

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-08-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a request parameter.

Affected Platforms

Apache Tomcat

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References