CVE-2016-9774 — Link Following in Apache Tomcat

CWE-59 — Link Following5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apache TomcatCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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 …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDapache/tomcat6.0, 7.0, 8.0+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wfvx-wr33-m97w: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-9774: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6↗2017-03-23
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OSV
CVE-2016-9774: The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6↗2016-12-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities↗2017-01-23
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CVE-2016-9774 — Link Following in Apache Tomcat | cvebase