CVE-2015-5174
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5174 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (tomcat6) | RHSA-2016:2045 | 2016-10-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 7 | RHSA-2015:2660 | 2015-12-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 6 | RHSA-2015:2659 | 2015-12-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (tomcat) | RHSA-2016:2599 | 2016-11-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server (tomcat7) | RHBA-2016:0090 | 2016-01-29 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat7) | RHBA-2016:0090 | 2016-01-29 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 | RHSA-2016:1435 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2016:1433 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2016:1432 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2016:1434 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server (tomcat7) | RHBA-2016:0090 | 2016-01-29 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | RHSA-2015:2661 | 2015-12-16 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat6 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 4 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |