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CVE-2016-5018

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Date: August 10, 2017

In 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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

Language: Java

Severity Score

9.1

Related Resources (56)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/890a2f681ed2f3461b27983d7da9737375ff2ae4

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20171012232225/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20161125134649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/648122fef84d3b43223e0b5ae668f84719dada0a

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a6b1ebc246b91b854237e5aad3dfd2b5460ea282

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5018

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20170908024318/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5018

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aapache%2Ftomcat+jasper.runtime+path%3A%2F%5Eres%5C%2Fbnd%5C%2F%2F&type=code

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5018

Severity Score

9.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Security Features

CWE-254

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CWE-288

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper:9.0.0.M10;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper:8.5.5;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper:7.0.72;org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper:8.0.37;org.apache.tomcat:jasper:6.0.47;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:9.0.0.M10;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:8.5.5;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:8.0.37;org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:7.0.72

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2016-5018

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Date: August 10, 2017

Language: Java

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Related Resources (56)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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