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CVE-2016-1240

CVE-2016-1240

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The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.

CVSS 7.8 · High · EPSS 9.8% · Public exploit · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • tomcat6 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.0.37-1
    • 6.0.39-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1

    Update to 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1

  • tomcat7 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 7.0.42-1
    • 7.0.47-1
    • 7.0.50-1
    • 7.0.52-1
    • 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1
    • 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3
    • 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

    Update to 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

  • tomcat6 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.0.41-4
    • 6.0.45+dfsg-1
    • 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

    Update to 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

  • tomcat7 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 7.0.64-1
    • 7.0.68-1
    • 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3

    Update to 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3

  • tomcat8 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 8.0.26-1
    • 8.0.28-1
    • 8.0.30-1
    • 8.0.32-1
    • 8.0.32-1ubuntu1
    • 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

    Update to 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

Original sources

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