Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat-docs-webapp package, versions <0:7.0.54-8.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-TOMCATDOCSWEBAPP-2507463
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Oct 2016

Introduced: 13 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6325  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 tomcat-docs-webapp to version 0:7.0.54-8.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2046.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-docs-webapp package and not the tomcat-docs-webapp package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.