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Unscored RHSA-2008:0862 6 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 22, 2025

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 11

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-admin-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-common-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-jasper 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-jasper-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-server-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
Red Hat · Rhel Application Server 2 rhel_application_server:2 tomcat5-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9

Vulnerabilities 6

  • Medium —
    CVE-2007-5342

    JULI logging component in Apache Tomcat does not restrict certain permissions for web applications

    The default catalina.policy in the JULI logging component in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15 does not restrict certain permissions for web applications, which allows attackers to modify logging configuration options and overwrite a…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-juli Maven
  • Low —
    CVE-2007-5461 Public exploit EPSS 40%

    Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability

    Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that s…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-1232 Public exploit EPSS 76%

    Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the Http…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-1947

    Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-2370 Public exploit EPSS 53%

    Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability

    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 a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attac…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-2938 Public exploit EPSS 100%

    Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability

    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 …

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333791
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427216
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446393
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456120
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457597
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457934
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0862.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5342
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5342
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5342
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5461
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5461
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5461
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1232
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1232
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1232
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1947
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1947
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1947
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2370
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2370
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2370
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2938
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2938
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938