Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat package, versions [,6.0.44)[7.0.0, 7.0.59)[8.0.0, 8.0.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOMCAT-2382383
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Jun 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jun 2015

CVE-2014-7810  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat to version 6.0.44, 7.0.59, 8.0.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The Expression Language (EL) implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.58, and 8.x before 8.0.16 does not properly consider the possibility of an accessible interface implemented by an inaccessible class, which allows attackers to bypass a SecurityManager protection mechanism via a web application that leverages use of incorrect privileges during EL evaluation.

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