FKIE_CVE-2016-9775

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-23 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, 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+deb7u7 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 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.10
apache tomcat 6.0
apache tomcat 7.0
apache tomcat 8.0
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