Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Tomcat which is shipped with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) 3.0.0.4 is vulnerable to a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5174
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the getResource(), getResourceAsStream() and getResourcePaths() ServletContext methods to obtain a directory listing for the directory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.4
Remediation/Fixes
Please follow the instruction below.
1.Please download the patch file.
CVE-2015-5174_patch.zip
2.Unzip the attached file into the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition installation directory, and ensure the files listed in the zip file merged into the ones in the server installation directory.
3.Start WASCE 3.0.0.4 server with the cache cleaned, for example,
Window
<WAS_CE_HOME>\bin\startup -c
Unix/Linux
<WAS_CE_HOME>/bin/startup.sh -c
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References
Change History
10th May 2016: original document published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21983128