vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-5018: Low: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2247)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Nov 10, 2016 | Aug 3, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 10, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-tomcatredhat-upgrade-tomcat-admin-webappsredhat-upgrade-tomcat-docs-webappredhat-upgrade-tomcat-el-2-2-apiredhat-upgrade-tomcat-javadocredhat-upgrade-tomcat-jsp-2-2-apiredhat-upgrade-tomcat-jsvcredhat-upgrade-tomcat-libredhat-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-3-0-apiredhat-upgrade-tomcat-webapps
References
- BID-93942
- DEBIAN-DLA-728-1
- DEBIAN-DLA-729-1
- DEBIAN-DSA-3720
- DEBIAN-DSA-3721
- NVD-CVE-2016-5018
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0455
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0456
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0457
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1548
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1549
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1550
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1551
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:1552
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:2247
- SECTRACK-1037142
- SECTRACK-1038757
- UBUNTU-USN-3177-1

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