CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6796

7.5 HIGH Published 2017-08-11 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-08-11
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• apache tomcat (>= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.45) • apache tomcat (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.70) • apache tomcat (>= 8.0 <= 8.0.36) • apache tomcat (>= 8.5.0 <= 8.5.4) • apache tomcat 9.0.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • netapp oncommand insight • netapp oncommand shift • netapp snap creator framework • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • oracle tekelec platform distribution 7.4.0 • oracle tekelec platform distribution 7.7.1 • redhat jboss enterprise application platform 6.4 • redhat jboss enterprise web server 3.0.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

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