CVE-2016-6794

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Description

When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247

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

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]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-08-10

Updated: 2020-10-05

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 1.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

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Tenable Plugins

View all (26 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
141092Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Tomcat vulnerabilities (USN-4557-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
103030EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : tomcat (EulerOS-SA-2017-1192)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
103029EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : tomcat (EulerOS-SA-2017-1191)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
102756CentOS 7 : tomcat (CESA-2017:2247)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
102664Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat on SL7.x (noarch) (20170802)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
102300Oracle Linux 7 : tomcat (ELSA-2017-2247)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
102115RHEL 7 : tomcat (RHSA-2017:2247)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
99930Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2017 CPU) (SWEET32)NessusMisc.
critical
97596RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 (RHSA-2017:0456)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
97595RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 (RHSA-2017:0455)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
96978Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : tomcat6, tomcat7 regression (USN-3177-2) (httpoxy)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
96720Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities (USN-3177-1) (httpoxy)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
96366FreeBSD : tomcat -- multiple vulnerabilities (3ae106e2-d521-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
high
95791openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2016-1456)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
95790openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2016-1455)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
95455Debian DLA-729-1 : tomcat7 security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
95454Debian DLA-728-1 : tomcat6 security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
95034Debian DSA-3721-1 : tomcat7 - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
95033Debian DSA-3720-1 : tomcat8 - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
94997Fedora 25 : 1:tomcat (2016-38e5b05260) (httpoxy)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
94748Fedora 24 : 1:tomcat (2016-c1b01b9278) (httpoxy)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
94747Fedora 23 : 1:tomcat (2016-4094bd4ad6) (httpoxy)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
94684Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat6 / tomcat7,tomcat8 (ALAS-2016-764)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high
9723Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.47 / 7.0.x < 7.0.72 / 8.0.x < 8.0.37 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Servers
medium
9721Apache Tomcat 8.5.x < 8.5.5 / 9.0.0.x < 9.0.0.M10 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Servers
medium
94578Apache 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 VulnerabilitiesNessusWeb Servers
high