CVE-2016-6794
First published: Thu Oct 27 2016(Updated: )
Last updated 24 July 2024
Credit: security@apache.org security@apache.org security@apache.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/tomcat6 | ||
| redhat/tomcat | <6.0.47 | 6.0.47 |
| redhat/tomcat | <7.0.72 | 7.0.72 |
| redhat/tomcat | <8.5.5 | 8.5.5 |
| redhat/tomcat | <8.0.37 | 8.0.37 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=9.0.0.M1<=9.0.0.M9 | 9.0.0.M10 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=8.1.0<8.5.5 | 8.5.5 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=8.0.0<8.0.37 | 8.0.37 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=7.0.0<7.0.72 | 7.0.72 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=6.0.0<6.0.47 | 6.0.47 |
| Apache Tomcat | >=6.0.0<=6.0.45 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=7.0.0<=7.0.70 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=8.0<=8.0.36 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=8.5.0<=8.5.4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone9 | |
| Debian | =8.0 | |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server | =3.0.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =7.4 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =7.5 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =7.6 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =7.7 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.6 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.7 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.6 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.7 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| NetApp OnCommand Insight | ||
| NetApp OnCommand Shift | ||
| NetApp Snap Creator Framework | ||
| Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution | >=7.4.0<=7.7.1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m9 |
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Reference Links
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-6794
- http://markmail.org/message/zk7w6yly5mviocci?q=list:org.apache.tomcat.announce/
- http://svn.apache.org/r1754727
- http://svn.apache.org/r1754728
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754733
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6794
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754728
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754726
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754727
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.47
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.72
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.5_and_8.0.37
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1390532
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1390533
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390520
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6794
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170317100547/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170626130744/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0b41766456b1980e4f809e13ad6dc9fa912bae7e
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c1660182010b4255c21c874d69c124370a67784a
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/f8db078f1e6e8b225f8344e63595113ca34cd408
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/ae6163a4f230bc679abfc93e048ff92996badad6
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rvf-329f-p99g (Advisory)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6794
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6794
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2016-6794?
CVE-2016-6794 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6794?
To fix CVE-2016-6794, update Tomcat to version 6.0.47 or later, 7.0.72 or later, 8.0.37 or later, or 8.5.5 or later.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-6794?
CVE-2016-6794 affects Apache Tomcat versions prior to 6.0.47, 7.0.72, 8.0.37, and 8.5.5, as well as earlier milestone versions of Tomcat 9.0.
What does CVE-2016-6794 exploit?
CVE-2016-6794 exploits the improper control of a web application’s ability to read system properties when a SecurityManager is configured.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2016-6794?
While updating to the fixed versions is recommended, temporarily disabling the system property replacement feature in Tomcat can mitigate some risks associated with CVE-2016-6794.
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