CVE-2007-0450
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
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