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CVE-2008-6505 (GCVE-0-2008-6505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-23 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:34
VLAI
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%252f (encoded dot dot slash) in a URI with a /struts/ path, related to (1) FilterDispatcher in 2.0.x and (2) DefaultStaticContentLoader in 2.1.x.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-004.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3003 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/32497 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32104 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/49733 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/49734 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-11-04 00:00
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