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CVE-2016-6796GHSA-3MJP-P938-4329

A malicious web application running on 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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.0.0.M10, 8.5.5, 8.0.37, 7.0.71, 6.0.46
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Apache Software Foundation 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 9.0.0.M1 · fixed in 9.0.0.M10

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 8.5.0 · fixed in 8.5.5

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 8.0.0.RC1 · fixed in 8.0.37

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.71

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

    From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.0.46

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