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title: "CVE-2007-6672\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6672

Publication date 8 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Mortbay Jetty 6.1.5 and 6.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass protection
mechanisms and read the source of files via multiple '/' (slash) characters
in the URI.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6672?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| jetty | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Debian asked upstream if jetty 5 affected too

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

doesn't apply to jetty 5

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6672)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6672)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6672)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6672)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6672>