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Sid
12711

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Tomcat.

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Impact:
 Information disclosure.  

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Detailed Information:
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.

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Affected Systems:
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 1

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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