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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:54:03 -0500
From: Mark Thomas <markt@apache.org>
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Subject: [SECURITY] CVE-2009-2693 Apache Tomcat unexpected file deletion
 and/or
 alteration
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CVE-2009-3548: Apache Tomcat unexpected file deletion and/or alteration

Severity: Low

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.28
Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.20
The unsupported Tomcat 3.x, 4.x and 5.0.x versions may be also
affected.

Description:
When deploying WAR files, the WAR files were not checked for directory
traversal attempts. This allows an attacker to create arbitrary content
outside of the web root.

Mitigation:
6.0.x users should upgrade to 6.0.24 or apply this patch:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
5.5.x users should upgrade to 5.5.29 when released or apply this patch:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
Note: the patches also address CVE-2009-2901 and CVE-2009-2902.
Alternatively, users of all Tomcat versions may mitigate this issue by
manually validating the contents of untrusted WAR files before deployment.

Example:
A WAR file that contains the following entry will overwrite the standard
Windows start-up script when deployed on a default Tomcat installation:
../../bin/catalina.bat

Credit:
This issue was reported to the Apache Tomcat security team by Marc
Schoenefeld of the Red Hat Security Response Team

References:
[1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html

Mark Thomas


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