The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian_linux | Debian | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Debian_linux | Debian | 8.0 (including) | 8.0 (including) |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | zesty | * |