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CVE-2016-6794

Published: Aug 10, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6794
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

When a SecurityManager is configured, a web applications ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In 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 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TomcatApache6.0.0 (including)6.0.45 (including)
TomcatApache7.0.0 (including)7.0.70 (including)
TomcatApache8.0 (including)8.0.36 (including)
TomcatApache8.5.0 (including)8.5.4 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone1 (including)9.0.0-milestone1 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone2 (including)9.0.0-milestone2 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone3 (including)9.0.0-milestone3 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone4 (including)9.0.0-milestone4 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone5 (including)9.0.0-milestone5 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone6 (including)9.0.0-milestone6 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone7 (including)9.0.0-milestone7 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone8 (including)9.0.0-milestone8 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone9 (including)9.0.0-milestone9 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHattomcat-0:7.0.76-2.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHathibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatjbcs-httpd24-0:1-3.jbcs.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatjbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-0:1.0.15-1.redhat_2.1.jbcs.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatjbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.0.15-17.redhat_2.jbcs.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_cluster-0:1.3.5-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.70-16.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.36-17.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat-native-0:1.2.8-9.redhat_9.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHathibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatjbcs-httpd24-0:1-3.jbcs.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatjbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-0:1.0.15-1.redhat_2.1.jbcs.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatjbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.0.15-17.redhat_2.jbcs.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHatmod_cluster-0:1.3.5-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.70-16.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.36-17.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat-native-0:1.2.8-9.redhat_9.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat-vault-0:1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7*
Tomcat6Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Tomcat6Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Tomcat6Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat6Ubuntutrusty*
Tomcat6Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Tomcat6Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat6Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuartful*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Tomcat7Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat7Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuyakkety*
Tomcat7Ubuntuzesty*
Tomcat8Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Tomcat8Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat8Ubuntuxenial*

References

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