vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-5018): Tomcat vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Nov 10, 2016 | Jan 24, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 10, 2016
Added
Jan 24, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 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
ubuntu-upgrade-libservlet2-5-javaubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat6-javaubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat7-javaubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat8-javaubuntu-upgrade-tomcat6ubuntu-upgrade-tomcat7ubuntu-upgrade-tomcat8
References
Rapid7 Labs
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