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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2016-5018)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2016-5018)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/27/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

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.. It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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