Security Features Affecting tomcat6 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TOMCAT6-1967409
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Oct 2016

Introduced: 27 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tomcat6.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6 package and not the tomcat6 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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