CVE-2016-6796

HIGH

Apache Tomcat <9.0.0.M10, <8.5.5, <8.0.37, <7.0.71, <6.0.46 - Auth ...

Title source: llm

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.

References (31)

Core 31

Core References

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a2105a56b2495ab70fa568f06925bd861f0d71ffab4fb38bb4fdc45%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93944

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037141

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0084

EPSS Percentile 74.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Status published

Products (29)

apache/tomcat 9.0.0 milestone1 (9 CPE variants)

apache/tomcat 6.0.0 - 6.0.45

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.45

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.70

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.4

Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

debian/debian_linux 8.0

netapp/oncommand_insight

... and 19 more

Published Aug 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026