CVE-2013-1976: redhat enterprise_linux

Modified

AliasesRHSA-2013:0870RHSA-2013:0871RHSA-2013:0872

Published 09-07-2013Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1976 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in redhat enterprise_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

6.9/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.37%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5

MGASA-2014-0082 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10153-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10446-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1 RHSA-2013:0869 SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1+1 more

Timeline

09-07-2013
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.06.9

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File AccessThe product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat36 products

enterprise_linuxEOL5 | 6.0
jboss_enterprise_web_server1.0.2 | 2.0.0
tomcat5< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-admin-webapps< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-common-lib< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6

tomcat5-debuginfo< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9
tomcat5-jasper< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-jasper-eclipse< 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-parent< 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-server-lib< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat5-webapps< 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 | < 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-admin-webapps< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-docs-webapp< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-el-1.0-api< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-javadoc< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-lib< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-log4j< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat6-webapps< 0:6.0.35-12_patch_07.ep6.el5 | < 0:6.0.35-33_patch_07.ep6.el6 | < 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 | < 0:6.0.32-35_patch_09.ep5.el6
tomcat7< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-admin-webapps< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-docs-webapp< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-el-1.0-api< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-javadoc< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-lib< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-log4j< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6
tomcat7-webapps< 0:7.0.30-5_patch_03.ep6.el5 | < 0:7.0.30-7_patch_03.ep6.el6

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References

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rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryREPORT
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0870Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_0870.jsonAdvisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1976REPORT

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