CVE-2013-1976
Public on 2013-06-11
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat6 | 2013-06-11 | ALAS-2013-196 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |