CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-6794

Published: Aug 10, 2017 | Modified: Dec 08, 2023
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
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tomcat Apache 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.45 (including)
Tomcat Apache 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.70 (including)
Tomcat Apache 8.0 (including) 8.0.36 (including)
Tomcat Apache 8.5.0 (including) 8.5.4 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone1 (including) 9.0.0-milestone1 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone2 (including) 9.0.0-milestone2 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone3 (including) 9.0.0-milestone3 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone4 (including) 9.0.0-milestone4 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone5 (including) 9.0.0-milestone5 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone6 (including) 9.0.0-milestone6 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone7 (including) 9.0.0-milestone7 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone8 (including) 9.0.0-milestone8 (including)
Tomcat Apache 9.0.0-milestone9 (including) 9.0.0-milestone9 (including)

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