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Description
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 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-08-10
Updated: 2020-10-05
Type: CWE-254
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
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Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141092 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Tomcat vulnerabilities (USN-4557-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 112260 | RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:1548) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 103030 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : tomcat (EulerOS-SA-2017-1192) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 103029 | EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : tomcat (EulerOS-SA-2017-1191) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102756 | CentOS 7 : tomcat (CESA-2017:2247) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 102664 | Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat on SL7.x (noarch) (20170802) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102300 | Oracle Linux 7 : tomcat (ELSA-2017-2247) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102115 | RHEL 7 : tomcat (RHSA-2017:2247) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 100982 | RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:1550) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
| 100981 | RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:1549) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 100949 | RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:1552) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 99930 | Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2017 CPU) (SWEET32) | Nessus | Misc. | critical |
| 97596 | RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 (RHSA-2017:0456) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | critical |
| 97595 | RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 (RHSA-2017:0455) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | critical |
| 96978 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : tomcat6, tomcat7 regression (USN-3177-2) (httpoxy) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 96720 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities (USN-3177-1) (httpoxy) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 96366 | FreeBSD : tomcat -- multiple vulnerabilities (3ae106e2-d521-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | high |
| 95791 | openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2016-1456) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 95790 | openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2016-1455) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 95455 | Debian DLA-729-1 : tomcat7 security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | critical |
| 95454 | Debian DLA-728-1 : tomcat6 security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | critical |
| 95034 | Debian DSA-3721-1 : tomcat7 - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 95033 | Debian DSA-3720-1 : tomcat8 - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 94997 | Fedora 25 : 1:tomcat (2016-38e5b05260) (httpoxy) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 94748 | Fedora 24 : 1:tomcat (2016-c1b01b9278) (httpoxy) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 94747 | Fedora 23 : 1:tomcat (2016-4094bd4ad6) (httpoxy) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 94684 | Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat6 / tomcat7,tomcat8 (ALAS-2016-764) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 9723 | Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.47 / 7.0.x < 7.0.72 / 8.0.x < 8.0.37 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus Network Monitor | Web Servers | medium |
| 9721 | Apache Tomcat 8.5.x < 8.5.5 / 9.0.0.x < 9.0.0.M10 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus Network Monitor | Web Servers | medium |
| 94578 | Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.47 / 7.0.x < 7.0.72 / 8.0.x < 8.0.37 / 8.5.x < 8.5.5 / 9.0.x < 9.0.0.M10 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus | Web Servers | high |