CVE-2008-2938
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Tomcat < 6.0.18 - 'utf8' Directory Traversal
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Apache Tomcat < 6.0.18 - 'utf8' Directory Traversal (PoC)
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Metasploit modules
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=4.1.0,<4.1.39 | 4.1.39 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=5.5.0,<5.5.27 | 5.5.27 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=6.0.0,<6.0.18 | 6.0.18 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c55ad56ed72ee1dbfe790bc5492d4df74e3e754f
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111236/http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090308065055/http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100516085845/http://secunia.com/advisories/37297
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110711210039/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110713233239/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234158/http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140628064423/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140628064448/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140826163457/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140826171227/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140826232500/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140827130327/http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200612070417/http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.