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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)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (47th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
4.2 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30943
  • published 28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2016
  • credit Apache Tomcat Security Team
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Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6796 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link 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.