ghsa-wfvx-wr33-m97w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:11
Modified
2022-05-14 03:11
Details

The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9774"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-23T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.",
  "id": "GHSA-wfvx-wr33-m97w",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:11:16Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:11:16Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9774"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2"
    }
  ],
  "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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