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CVE-2016-6796
Published: Aug 11, 2017
Modified: Sep 17, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
A malicious web application running on Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat | affected 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9affected 8.5.0 to 8.5.4affected 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36affected 7.0.0 to 7.0.70affected 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 |
References
RHSA-2017:1548
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6796 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:1549
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
93944
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2017:1552
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1038757
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
1037141
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2017:2247
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:1551
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0457
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0455
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:1550
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-3720
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2017:0456
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [17/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [19/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-4557-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
x_refsource_MISC
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