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

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2016-5018: Low: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2247)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2016-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2016, 5018, Low, 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, Severity 6

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

Nov 10, 2016

Added

Aug 3, 2017

Modified

Feb 19, 2026

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.

Solutions

redhat-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

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