--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/ApplicationContext.java 2009-06-09 17:08:55.000000000 +0200
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/ApplicationContext.java 2009-06-09 17:20:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.catalina.Wrapper;
 import org.apache.catalina.deploy.ApplicationParameter;
 import org.apache.catalina.util.Enumerator;
+import org.apache.catalina.util.RequestUtil;
 import org.apache.catalina.util.ResourceSet;
 import org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo;
 import org.apache.catalina.util.StringManager;
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@
             path = path.substring(0, pos); 
         }
  
-        path = normalize(path);
+        path = RequestUtil.normalize(path);
         if (path == null)
             return (null);
 
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@
             throw new MalformedURLException(sm.getString("applicationContext.requestDispatcher.iae", path));
         }
         
-        path = normalize(path);
+        path = RequestUtil.normalize(path);
         if (path == null)
             return (null);
 
@@ -520,10 +521,13 @@
      */
     public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String path) {
 
-        path = normalize(path);
         if (path == null)
             return (null);
 
+        path = RequestUtil.normalize(path);
+        if (path == null)
+            return null;
+
         DirContext resources = context.getResources();
         if (resources != null) {
             try {
@@ -547,7 +551,14 @@
      */
     public Set getResourcePaths(String path) {
 
-        path = normalize(path);
+        if (path == null)
+            return (null);
+
+        if (!path.startsWith("/")) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                (sm.getString("applicationContext.requestDispatcher.iae", path));
+        }
+        path = RequestUtil.normalize(path);
         if (path == null)
             return (null);
 
@@ -863,41 +874,6 @@
 
 
     /**
-     * Return a context-relative path, beginning with a "/", that represents
-     * the canonical version of the specified path after ".." and "." elements
-     * are resolved out.  If the specified path attempts to go outside the
-     * boundaries of the current context (i.e. too many ".." path elements
-     * are present), return <code>null</code> instead.
-     *
-     * @param path Path to be normalized
-     */
-    private String normalize(String path) {
-
-        String normalized = path;
-
-        // Normalize the slashes and add leading slash if necessary
-        if (normalized.indexOf('\\') >= 0)
-            normalized = normalized.replace('\\', '/');
-
-        // Resolve occurrences of "/../" in the normalized path
-        while (true) {
-            int index = normalized.indexOf("/../");
-            if (index < 0)
-                break;
-            if (index == 0)
-                return (null);  // Trying to go outside our context
-            int index2 = normalized.lastIndexOf('/', index - 1);
-            normalized = normalized.substring(0, index2) +
-                normalized.substring(index + 3);
-        }
-
-        // Return the normalized path that we have completed
-        return (normalized);
-
-    }
-
-
-    /**
      * Merge the context initialization parameters specified in the application
      * deployment descriptor with the application parameters described in the
      * server configuration, respecting the <code>override</code> property of
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/ApplicationHttpRequest.java     2004-11-24 17:55:08.000000000 +0100
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/ApplicationHttpRequest.java     2009-06-09 17:20:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -316,10 +316,9 @@
         int pos = requestPath.lastIndexOf('/');
         String relative = null;
         if (pos >= 0) {
-            relative = RequestUtil.normalize
-                (requestPath.substring(0, pos + 1) + path);
+            relative = requestPath.substring(0, pos + 1) + path;
         } else {
-            relative = RequestUtil.normalize(requestPath + path);
+            relative = requestPath + path;
         }
 
         return (context.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(relative));
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java  2009-06-09 17:08:55.000000000 +0200
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java  2009-06-09 17:53:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@
         }
 
         // Normalise destination path (remove '.' and '..')
-        destinationPath = normalize(destinationPath);
+        destinationPath = RequestUtil.normalize(destinationPath);
 
         String contextPath = req.getContextPath();
         if ((contextPath != null) &&
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@
         if (!toAppend.startsWith("/"))
             toAppend = "/" + toAppend;
 
-        generatedXML.writeText(rewriteUrl(normalize(absoluteUri + toAppend)));
+        generatedXML.writeText(rewriteUrl(RequestUtil.normalize(absoluteUri + toAppend)));
 
         generatedXML.writeElement(null, "href", XMLWriter.CLOSING);
 
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ssi/SSIServletExternalResolver.java  2004-11-24 17:55:14.000000000 +0100
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ssi/SSIServletExternalResolver.java  2009-06-09 17:20:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import org.apache.catalina.util.RequestUtil;
+
 /**
  * An implementation of SSIExternalResolver that is used with servlets.
  * 
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@
                     + pathWithoutContext);
         }
         String fullPath = prefix + path;
-        String retVal = SSIServletRequestUtil.normalize(fullPath);
+        String retVal = RequestUtil.normalize(fullPath);
         if (retVal == null) {
             throw new IOException("Normalization yielded null on path: "
                     + fullPath);
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@
         if (!virtualPath.startsWith("/") && !virtualPath.startsWith("\\")) {
             path = getAbsolutePath(virtualPath);
         } else {
-            String normalized = SSIServletRequestUtil.normalize(virtualPath);
+            String normalized = RequestUtil.normalize(virtualPath);
             if (isVirtualWebappRelative) {
                 path = normalized;
             } else {
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ssi/SSIServletRequestUtil.java       2004-11-24 17:55:14.000000000 +0100
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ssi/SSIServletRequestUtil.java       2009-06-09 17:20:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         if ((result == null) || (result.equals(""))) {
             result = "/";
         }
-        return normalize(result);
+        return RequestUtil.normalize(result);
     }
 
 
@@ -57,15 +57,9 @@
      * 
      * @param path
      *            Path to be normalized
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public static String normalize(String path) {
-        if (path == null) return null;
-        String normalized = path;
-        //Why doesn't RequestUtil do this??
-        // Normalize the slashes and add leading slash if necessary
-        if (normalized.indexOf('\\') >= 0)
-            normalized = normalized.replace('\\', '/');
-        normalized = RequestUtil.normalize(path);
-        return normalized;
+        return RequestUtil.normalize(path);
     }
 }
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/util/RequestUtil.java        2004-11-24 17:55:17.000000000 +0100
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/util/RequestUtil.java        2009-06-09 17:20:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@
      * @param path Relative path to be normalized
      */
     public static String normalize(String path) {
+        return normalize(path, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalize a relative URI path that may have relative values ("/./",
+     * "/../", and so on ) it it.  <strong>WARNING</strong> - This method is
+     * useful only for normalizing application-generated paths.  It does not
+     * try to perform security checks for malicious input.
+     *
+     * @param path Relative path to be normalized
+     * @param replaceBackSlash Should '\\' be replaced with '/'
+     */
+    public static String normalize(String path, boolean replaceBackSlash) {
 
         if (path == null)
             return null;
@@ -154,6 +167,9 @@
         // Create a place for the normalized path
         String normalized = path;
 
+        if (replaceBackSlash && normalized.indexOf('\\') >= 0)
+            normalized = normalized.replace('\\', '/');
+
         if (normalized.equals("/."))
             return "/";
 
--- jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/coyote/tomcat5/CoyoteRequest.java     2009-06-09 17:08:55.000000000 +0200
+++ jakarta-tomcat-catalina/catalina/src/share/org/apache/coyote/tomcat5/CoyoteRequest.java     2009-06-09 17:54:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -1337,10 +1337,9 @@
         int pos = requestPath.lastIndexOf('/');
         String relative = null;
         if (pos >= 0) {
-            relative = RequestUtil.normalize
-                (requestPath.substring(0, pos + 1) + path);
+            relative = requestPath.substring(0, pos + 1) + path;
         } else {
-            relative = RequestUtil.normalize(requestPath + path);
+            relative = requestPath + path;
         }
 
         return (context.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(relative));
