CVE-2016-6796
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93944
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037141
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456Advisory