FKIE_CVE-2004-1452

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/12296/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gentoo linux 0.5
gentoo linux 0.7
gentoo linux 1.1a
gentoo linux 1.2
gentoo linux 1.4
gentoo linux 1.4
gentoo linux 1.4
gentoo linux 1.4
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