Incorrect Authorization Affecting tomcat-jsp-2.2-api package, versions <0:7.0.76-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-TOMCATJSP22API-2516354
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2016-6797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 tomcat-jsp-2.2-api to version 0:7.0.76-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2247.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-jsp-2.2-api package and not the tomcat-jsp-2.2-api package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.

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