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SUSE: CVE-2016-6796: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6796: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/11/2016
Modified
02/26/2022

Description

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-tomcat
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-admin-webapps
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-docs-webapp
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-el-2_2-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-el-3_0-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-javadoc
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-jsp-2_2-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-jsp-2_3-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-lib
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-3_0-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-3_1-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-4_0-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-webapps
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-admin-webapps
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-docs-webapp
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-javadoc
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-lib
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat6-webapps

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:3079-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3081-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1632-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1660-1
  • DLA-728-1
  • DLA-729-1
  • DSA-3720
  • DSA-3721
  • USN-3177-1
  • USN-3177-2
  • USN-4557-1
  • CVE-2016-6796
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