CVE-2016-6797
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Incorrect authorization
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037145
- 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/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E