Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat:jasper package, versions [,3.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
10.3% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-TOMCAT-31375
  • published28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditAlvaro Munoz

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat:jasper to version 3.3.3 or higher.

Overview

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 a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1