CVE-2016-6796

12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation Apache TomcatCanonical Ubuntu Linux+10 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A malicious web application running on Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat9.0.0.M1 — 9.0.0.M10+4
▶NVDapache/tomcat6.0.0 — 6.0.45+4
▶Ubuntutomcat7< 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8+1
▶Ubuntutomcat6< 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7

Patches

Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Apache Tomcat vulnerable to SecurityManager bypass↗2022-05-13
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OSV
Apache Tomcat vulnerable to SecurityManager bypass↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6796: A malicious web application running on Apache Tomcat 9↗2017-08-11
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OSV
CVE-2016-6796: A malicious web application running on Apache Tomcat 9↗2016-10-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities↗2020-09-30
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Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities↗2017-01-23
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Red Hat
tomcat: security manager bypass via JSP Servlet config parameters↗2016-10-27
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Apache
Apache tomcat: CVE-2016-6796↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0762 CVE-2016-5018 CVE-2016-6794 CVE-2016-6796 CVE-2016-6797 tomcat: various flaws [epel-6]↗2016-11-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6796 tomcat: security manager bypass via JSP Servlet config parameters↗2016-11-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0762 CVE-2016-5018 CVE-2016-6794 CVE-2016-6796 CVE-2016-6797 tomcat: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-01
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