RE: Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect standalone Tomcat

2009-09-13 Thread Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav)
Right! :-)

Thanks.
Gaurav


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From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] 
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Subject: Re: Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect standalone
Tomcat

Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav) wrote:
  Thanks for the reply, Mark. 
 
   If possible, can you please point to any references/docs which would

 help me convince others about the directory traversal vulnerability 
 not impacting a standalone tomcat? Even an explanation would help.

I would have thought the phrase When Tomcat is used behind a proxy...
was pretty self explanatory.

Mark

  I personally do agree that upgrading the tomcat is surely the thing 
 to do rather than looking for alternatives, but this is something 
 beyond my powers in this case :-)
 
 Thanks once again.
 
 Gaurav
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org]
 Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:49 PM
 To: Tomcat Users List
 Subject: Re: Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect 
 standalone Tomcat
 
 Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav) wrote:
 I have a tomcat at version 5.5.15 in a standalone mode and due to 
 some
 
 compulsions cannot upgrade it. Does the directory traversal 
 vulnerability affect tomcat in a standalone mode (the 5.5.15 ver does

 not have a fix to this vulnerability)?
 
 No it doesn't. However, there are plenty of other vulnerabilities (eg
 CVE-2008-5515) that do.
 
 Alternately, is there a way I can secure/work around this 
 vulnerability without upgrading?
 
 You'd have to look at each vulnerability on a case by case basis.
 Upgrading to 5.5.28 is likely to be less painful than any of the 
 alternatives.
 
 Mark
 
 
 
 
 
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Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect standalone Tomcat

2009-09-09 Thread Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav)
I have a tomcat at version 5.5.15 in a standalone mode and due to some
compulsions cannot upgrade it. Does the directory traversal
vulnerability affect tomcat in a standalone mode (the 5.5.15 ver does
not have a fix to this vulnerability)?

Alternately, is there a way I can secure/work around this vulnerability
without upgrading?

Thanks,
Gaurav

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RE: Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect standalone Tomcat

2009-09-09 Thread Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav)

 Thanks for the reply, Mark. 

  If possible, can you please point to any references/docs which would
help me convince others about the directory traversal vulnerability not
impacting a standalone tomcat? Even an explanation would help.

 I personally do agree that upgrading the tomcat is surely the thing to
do rather than looking for alternatives, but this is something beyond my
powers in this case :-)

Thanks once again.

Gaurav


-Original Message-
From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:49 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Does CVE-2007-0450 (Directory Traversal) affect standalone
Tomcat

Tadelkar, Gauravsagar (Gaurav) wrote:
 I have a tomcat at version 5.5.15 in a standalone mode and due to some

 compulsions cannot upgrade it. Does the directory traversal 
 vulnerability affect tomcat in a standalone mode (the 5.5.15 ver does 
 not have a fix to this vulnerability)?

No it doesn't. However, there are plenty of other vulnerabilities (eg
CVE-2008-5515) that do.

 Alternately, is there a way I can secure/work around this 
 vulnerability without upgrading?

You'd have to look at each vulnerability on a case by case basis.
Upgrading to 5.5.28 is likely to be less painful than any of the
alternatives.

Mark





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