| Name | CVE-2010-3718 |
| Description | Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.0.x, and 5.5.x, when running within a SecurityManager, does not make the ServletContext attribute read-only, which allows local web applications to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, as demonstrated using a directory traversal attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2160-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 612257 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat5.5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | ||
| tomcat6 | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat6 | source | squeeze | 6.0.28-9+squeeze1 | DSA-2160-1 | ||
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | 6.0.28-10 | 612257 |
[lenny] - tomcat5.5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - tomcat6 <not-affected> (Only ships the servlet package)