Apache Tomcat 7.x through 7.0.70 and 8.x through 8.5.4, when the CGI Servlet is enabled, follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue. NOTE: the vendor states "A mitigation is planned for future releases of Tomcat, tracked as CVE-2016-5388"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat8Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat6 | Jul 22, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-api | Oct 21, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat9Upgrade tomcat8 | Aug 15, 2019 | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Hpsmh | — | Upgrade to the latest version of HP System Management Homepage | Oct 27, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxws22TOMCAT.TOMCAT2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22TOMCAT.TOMCAT to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-lib | Nov 30, 2017 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8 to version 8.5.5-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8/tomcat-admin to version 8.5.5-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8/tomcat-examples to version 8.5.5-0.175.3.14.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-api | Oct 11, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | — | Sep 19, 2024 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api | Oct 21, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_0-apiUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_1-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_3-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-3_0-apiUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api | Aug 30, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tomcat7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade tomcat8Upgrade libtomcat8-javaUpgrade tomcat7-admin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade tomcat6Upgrade libtomcat6-javaUpgrade tomcat7Upgrade libtomcat7-javaUpgrade tomcat7-user (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtomcat7-java (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libservlet3.0-java (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade tomcat7-common (Ubuntu Pro) | Jan 24, 2017 | Jul 18, 2016 |
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