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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-2902 json

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Apache Tomcat

published 2010-01-28 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-8wch-9gcg-v2pr , EUVD-2022-3250

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.7%
EPSS 10.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR filename, as demonstrated by the ...war filename.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.5.29, 6.0.24
  • tomcat5 certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5-jasper certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5-common-lib certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5-server-lib certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
  • tomcat5 RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17
  • tomcat5-jasper RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0693RHSA-2010:0582RHSA-2010:0580RHSA-2010:0119

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2902 updated cvss 4.3

tomcat: unexpected file deletion in work directory

  • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0582
  • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19 Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19, tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0693
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0580
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server struts12 1.2.9-2.ep5.el5, mod_jk 1.2.28-4.1.ep5.el5, httpd 2.2.14-1.2.1.ep5.el5, tomcat5 5.5.28-7.1.ep5.el5, tomcat6 6.0.24-2.1.ep5.el5, mod_ssl 2.2.14-1.2.1.ep5.el5, +29 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS mod_jk 1.2.28-4.ep5.el4, httpd22 2.2.14-4.ep5.el4, struts12 1.2.9-2.ep5.el4, tomcat5 5.5.28-7.ep5.el4, tomcat6 6.0.24-2.ep5.el4, mod_ssl22 2.2.14-4.ep5.el4, +39 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES mod_jk 1.2.28-4.ep5.el4, httpd22 2.2.14-4.ep5.el4, struts12 1.2.9-2.ep5.el4, tomcat5 5.5.28-7.ep5.el4, tomcat6 6.0.24-2.ep5.el4, mod_ssl22 2.2.14-4.ep5.el4, +39 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0119

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Exploit prediction

10.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=5.5.0, <5.5.29
>=6.0.0, <6.0.24
5.5.29
6.0.24

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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