ghsa-c7fc-mp9g-99j3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:25
Modified
2022-05-13 01:25
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-5425"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-276"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-13T14:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.",
  "id": "GHSA-c7fc-mp9g-99j3",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:25:11Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:25:11Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5425"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2046"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5425"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362545"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
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      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2"
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    {
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      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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