CVE-2017-7675: Path Traversal

August 11, 2017 (updated June 12, 2019)

The HTTP/2 implementation in Tomcat bypassed a number of security checks that prevented directory traversal attacks. It was therefore possible to bypass security constraints using a specially crafted URL.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100256
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7675

Code Behaviors & Features

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