CVE-2016-1240

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
References
Link Resource
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html - () http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html -
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html - () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html -
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded - () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 -
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ -
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/ - () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/ -

Information

Published : 2016-10-03 15:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-1240

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1240

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1240


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Products Affected

apache

  • tomcat

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation