ghsa-8c5c-v572-37xf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:47
Modified
2022-05-14 02:47
Severity
Details
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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-1240"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-10-03T15:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "GHSA-8c5c-v572-37xf",
"modified": "2022-05-14T02:47:05Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:47:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1240"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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