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Security Features Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.76-2.el7

Severity

low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-2090137
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 27 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6796 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-254 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 tomcat-admin-webapps to version 0:7.0.76-2.el7 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.

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

4.2 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high
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Red Hat

4.2 medium