CVE-2016-9774
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9774
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9774.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9774
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-23T16:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-03T00:02:59Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393