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CVE-2016-9775

Published: Mar 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9775
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, 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+deb7u7 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 gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Tomcat6Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Tomcat6Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat6Ubuntutrusty*
Tomcat6Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Tomcat6Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Tomcat7Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat7Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuyakkety*
Tomcat8Ubuntuartful*
Tomcat8Ubuntubionic*
Tomcat8Ubuntucosmic*
Tomcat8Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Tomcat8Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Tomcat8Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat8Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat8Ubuntuyakkety*
Tomcat8Ubuntuzesty*

References

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