Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.54-8.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATWEBAPPS-4606371
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Oct 2016

Introduced: 10 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-webapps to version 0:7.0.54-8.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2046.

NVD Description

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

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

CVSS Scores

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