ghsa-wfvx-wr33-m97w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:11
Modified
2022-05-14 03:11
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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