Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat:jasper-compiler package, versions [0,]


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-TOMCAT-31376
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for tomcat:jasper-compiler.

Overview

tomcat:jasper-compiler) is a jasper compiler.

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

version 3.1