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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3835

Original release date:07/25/2006

Last revised:02/20/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/24/2006): This issue is not a security issue in Tomcat itself, but is caused when directory listings are enabled. Details on how to disable directory listings are available at: http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/misc.html#listing

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External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20060721 Directory Listing in Apache Tomcat 5.x.x

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-07/0467.html

External Source: XF

Name: apache-tomcat-url-information-disclosure(27902)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27902

External Source: BID

Name: 19106

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19106

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1)