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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5018: Low: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2247)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5018: Low: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2247)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/03/2017
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)

  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-admin-webapps
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-docs-webapp
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-el-2-2-api
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-javadoc
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-jsp-2-2-api
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-jsvc
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-lib
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-3-0-api
  • redhat-upgrade-tomcat-webapps

References

  • 93942
  • DLA-728-1
  • DLA-729-1
  • DSA-3720
  • DSA-3721
  • CVE-2016-5018
  • RHSA-2017:0455
  • RHSA-2017:0456
  • RHSA-2017:0457
  • RHSA-2017:1548
  • RHSA-2017:1549
  • RHSA-2017:1550
  • RHSA-2017:1551
  • RHSA-2017:1552
  • RHSA-2017:2247
  • 1037142
  • 1038757
  • USN-3177-1
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