Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper package, versions [7.0.0, 7.0.72)[8, 8.0.37)[8.5.0, 8.5.5)[9-alpha, 9.0.0.M10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.32% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30943
  • published28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditApache Tomcat Security Team

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper to version 7.0.72, 8.0.37, 8.5.5, 9.0.0.M10 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper is a Tomcats JSP Parser

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

CVSS Base Scores

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