Explain CVE-2007-0450
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html'}, {'name': '30908', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30908'}, {'name': '[Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2007-2732', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732'}, {'name': '239312', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUNALERT'], 'url': 'http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1'}, {'name': 'ADV-2007-3087', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087'}, {'name': 'tomcat-proxy-directory-traversal(32988)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988'}, {'name': '30899', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30899'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1979', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2007:005', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2007-07-31', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0065', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065'}, {'name': '20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - 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CVE State: PUBLISHED