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Apache Tomcat: Low: Security Manager Bypass (CVE-2016-6796)

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Apache Tomcat: Low: Security Manager Bypass (CVE-2016-6796)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/28/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-6_0_47
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_72
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_0_37

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