gsd-2016-5425
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
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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CVE-2016-5425


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         lastModifiedDate: "2023-02-12T23:24Z",
         publishedDate: "2016-10-13T14:59Z",
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}


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