MGASA-2016-0367

Advisory lineage Upstream: 7 Downstream: 0
Published: 04 Nov 2016, 22:29
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Nov 2016, 22:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerability The Realm implementations did not process the supplied password if the supplied user name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder (CVE-2016-0762). A malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications (CVE-2016-5018). It was discovered that the Tomcat packages installed configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf writeable to the tomcat group. A member of the group or a malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to escalate their privileges (CVE-2016-5425). It was discovered that the Tomcat packages installed certain configuration files read by the Tomcat initialization script as writeable to the tomcat group. A member of the group or a malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to escalate their privileges (CVE-2016-6325). When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. Tomcat's system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible (CVE-2016-6794). A malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet (CVE-2016-6796). The ResourceLinkFactory did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not (CVE-2016-6797).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•tomcat

    < 7.0.72-1.mga5

References (8)