PT-2016-7113 · Apache+5 · Apache Tomcat+5

Published 2016-09-05 · Updated 2023-12-08 · CVE-2016-6794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.0.M9 Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.4 Apache Tomcat versions 8.0.0.RC1 through 8.0.36 Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.70 Apache Tomcat versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.45

Description When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. However, the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

Recommendations For Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.0.M9, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.4, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For Apache Tomcat versions 8.0.0.RC1 through 8.0.36, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.70, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For Apache Tomcat versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.45, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the system property replacement feature for configuration files until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2558

CESA-2017_2247

CVE-2016-6794

DLA-728-1

DLA-729-1

DSA-3720-1

DSA-3721-1

GHSA-2RVF-329F-P99G

MGASA-2016-0367

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3129-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3144-1

RHSA-2017:0455

RHSA-2017:0456

RHSA-2017:2247

RHSA-2017_2247

SUSE-SU-2016:3079-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3081-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1632-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1660-1

USN-3177-1

USN-3177-2

USN-4557-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Apache Tomcat

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 126

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1660-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6794 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-2247.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5018 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6796 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3177-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6794 · Vendor Advisory