CVE-2016-9774
published 2017-03-23CVE-2016-9774: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS…
PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.75%
51.1th percentile
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | — | — |
| apache | tomcat | — | — |
| apache | tomcat | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-wfvx-wr33-m97w: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-9774 [HIGH] CWE-59 GHSA-wfvx-wr33-m97w: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
OSV
tomcat6, tomcat7 regression
osv·2017-02-02·CVSS 5.9
[MEDIUM] tomcat6, tomcat7 regression
tomcat6, tomcat7 regression
USN-3177-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tomcat. The update introduced a
regression in environments where Tomcat is started with a security manager.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations incorrectly handled
passwords when a username didn't exist. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to enumerate usernames. This issue only applied to Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-0762)
Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat incorrectly
limited use of a certain utility method. A malicious application could
possibly use this to bypass Security Manager restrictions. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LT
OSV
tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities
osv·2017-01-23·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-0762 [MEDIUM] tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities
tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations incorrectly handled
passwords when a username didn't exist. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to enumerate usernames. This issue only applied to Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-0762)
Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat incorrectly
limited use of a certain utility method. A malicious application could
possibly use this to bypass Security Manager restrictions. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-5018)
It was discovered that Tomcat did not protect applications from untrusted
data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue t
OSV
CVE-2016-9774: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6
osv·2016-12-02·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2016-9774 [HIGH] CVE-2016-9774: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
Ubuntu
Tomcat regression
vendor_ubuntu·2017-02-02·CVSS 5.9
[MEDIUM] Tomcat regression
Title: Tomcat regression
Summary: USN-3177-1 introduced a regression in Tomcat.
USN-3177-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tomcat. The update introduced a
regression in environments where Tomcat is started with a security manager.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations incorrectly handled
passwords when a username didn't exist. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to enumerate usernames. This issue only applied to Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-0762)
Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat incorrectly
limited use of a certain utility method. A malicious application could
possibly use this to bypass Security Manager res
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2017-01-23·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-0762 [MEDIUM] Tomcat vulnerabilities
Title: Tomcat vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.
It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations incorrectly handled
passwords when a username didn't exist. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to enumerate usernames. This issue only applied to Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-0762)
Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat incorrectly
limited use of a certain utility method. A malicious application could
possibly use this to bypass Security Manager restrictions. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-5018)
It was discovered that Tomcat did not protect applications from untrusted
data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. A rem
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
2017-03-23
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