CVE-2016-6794
Public on 2016-11-10
Modified on 2016-11-10
Description
It was discovered that when a SecurityManager was configured, Tomcat's system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat6 | 2016-11-10 | ALAS-2016-764 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2016-11-10 | ALAS-2016-764 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2016-11-10 | ALAS-2016-764 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |