Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Linux | Gentoo | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Linux | Gentoo | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Linux | Gentoo | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Linux | Gentoo | 1.1a | 1.1a |
Linux | Gentoo | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Linux | Gentoo | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Linux | Gentoo | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Linux | Gentoo | 1.4 | 1.4 |