UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5174

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174

Upstream

CVE-2015-5174

Downstream

USN-3024-1

Related

USN-3024-1

Published

2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:43:25Z

Severity

4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tomcat6

Package

Name: tomcat6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat6@6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

6.*

6.0.37-1

6.0.39-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libservlet2.4-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libservlet2.5-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtomcat6-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-admin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat6-user"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174.json"

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tomcat7

Package

Name: tomcat7
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7@7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6

Affected versions

7.*

7.0.42-1

7.0.47-1

7.0.50-1

7.0.52-1

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "libtomcat7-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-user"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5174.json"