Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.54-8.el7_2
Threat Intelligence
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-2070003
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 10 Oct 2016
Introduced: 10 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-5425 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7
tomcat-admin-webapps
to version 0:7.0.54-8.el7_2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-admin-webapps
package and not the tomcat-admin-webapps
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5425
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2046
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362545
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488