CVE-2016-5425
First published: Tue Aug 02 2016(Updated: )
It was discovered that the Tomcat packages installed configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf writeable to the tomcat group. A member of the group or a malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/tomcat | <0:7.0.54-8.el7_2 | 0:7.0.54-8.el7_2 |
| Apache Tomcat | ||
| Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack | =17.1 | |
| Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack | =17.2 | |
| Oracle Instantis Enterprisetrack | =17.3 | |
| Oracle Linux | =7 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.7 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.7 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.3 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.7 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5425 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5425 http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362545
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2046
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5425
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt
- http://legalhackers.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1383210
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/78
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
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