Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.

Related links:

• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-2938

• http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5WP0E0UP5G.html

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14489/