Information Exposure Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-util package, versions [8,8.0.37)[8.5.0,8.5.5)[9-alpha,9.0.0.M10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-451528
  • published28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditthe Apache Tomcat Security Team

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6794  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-util is a Common code shared by multiple Tomcat components.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. It was discovered that when a SecurityManager is configured Tomcat's system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

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