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Debian: CVE-2016-5018: tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5018: tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/21/2016
Modified
04/22/2022

Description

In 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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tomcat6
  • debian-upgrade-tomcat7
  • debian-upgrade-tomcat8

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