Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat7 package, versions <7.0.56-3+deb8u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-TOMCAT7-364001
  • published25 Feb 2016
  • disclosed25 Feb 2016

Introduced: 25 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0763  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 tomcat7 to version 7.0.56-3+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat7 package and not the tomcat7 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The setGlobalContext method in org/apache/naming/factory/ResourceLinkFactory.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M3 does not consider whether ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext callers are authorized, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read or write to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial of service (application disruption), via a web application that sets a crafted global context.

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