CVE-2016-6794
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E