{"answers":{"affected":"6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2938 exists.","fix":"Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 4.1.39, 5.5.27 or 6.0.18.","what":"CVE-2008-2938 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 13 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2938 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-2938 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 13 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2938 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 4.1.0; fixed in 4.1.39\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 4.1.0; fixed in 4.1.39\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 5.5.0; fixed in 5.5.27\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 5.5.0; fixed in 5.5.27\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 6.0.0; fixed in 6.0.18\n- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): affected from 6.0.0; fixed in 6.0.18\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2938/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-2938","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2938/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-2938","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m7xj-ccqc-p4g2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Apache Tomcat","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI when specific configurations are enabled.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"tomcat","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370.  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