# CVE-2013-1976: The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-07-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

## What to do

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.html

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