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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions <0:8.0.38-1.65.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8JSP23API-1703403
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 13 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6325  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api to version 0:8.0.38-1.65.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-764.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package and not the tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.