Security Features Affecting hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6 package, versions <0:4.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-HIBERNATE4ENTITYMANAGEREAP6-3516527
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Oct 2016

Introduced: 27 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6 to version 0:4.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0456.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6 package and not the hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

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