Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSource Apache Tomcat affects IBM Algorithmics Algo Risk Application (CVE-2015-5174)

Summary

Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) in the getResource(), getResourceAsStream() and getResourcePaths() ServletContext methods to obtain a directory listing for the directory. Effects Algo Risk Application

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5174**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) in the getResource(), getResourceAsStream() and getResourcePaths() ServletContext methods to obtain a directory listing for the directory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Versions 4.9.0 to 4.9.1

Remediation/Fixes

Algo One ARA 491-040

| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm~Information+Management&product=ibm/Information+Management/Algo+One&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=4.9.1.1-AlgoOneARA-if0020:0&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc&login=true
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Algo One ARA 491-041| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm~Information+Management&product=ibm/Information+Management/Algo+One&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=4.9.1.0-Algo-OneARA-if0015:0&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc&login=true