Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.68)[8,8.0.31)[9-alpha,9.0.0.M2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30917
  • published22 Feb 2016
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

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

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina 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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