Bugzilla – Bug 1007855
VUL-1: CVE-2016-5018: tomcat: Security Manager Bypass
Last modified: 2018-08-23 16:05:16 UTC
CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass Severity: Low Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9 Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.4 Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36 Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 Earlier, unsupported versions may also be affected. Description A malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications. Mitigation Users of affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M10 or later - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.5.5 or later - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.0.37 or later - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.72 or later (Apache Tomcat 7.0.71 has the fix but was not released) - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 6.0.47 or later (Apache Tomcat 6.0.46 has the fix but was not released) Credit: This issue was discovered by Alvaro Munoz of the HP Enterprise Security Team and reported responsibly to the Apache Tomcat Security Team. References: [1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html [2] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html [3] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html [4] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-5018 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/259 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5018.html
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SUSE-SU-2016:3079-1: An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1002639,1004728,1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1010893,1011805,1011812,974407 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735 Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (src): tomcat-8.0.32-10.13.2
SUSE-SU-2016:3081-1: An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1002639,1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1010893,1011805,1011812 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735 Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (src): tomcat-8.0.36-17.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (src): tomcat-8.0.36-17.1
openSUSE-SU-2016:3129-1: An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1002639,1004728,1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1010893,1011805,1011812,974407 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735 Sources used: openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src): apache-commons-dbcp-2.1.1-2.1, apache-commons-pool2-2.4.2-2.1, tomcat-8.0.32-11.1
openSUSE-SU-2016:3144-1: An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1002639,1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1010893,1011805,1011812 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735 Sources used: openSUSE Leap 42.2 (src): apache-commons-dbcp-2.1.1-2.1, apache-commons-pool2-2.4.2-2.1, tomcat-8.0.36-4.1
SUSE-SU-2017:1632-1: An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1011805,1011812,1015119,1033448,1036642,988489 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-5388,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735,CVE-2016-8745,CVE-2017-5647 Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src): tomcat6-6.0.53-0.56.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (src): tomcat6-6.0.53-0.56.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (src): tomcat6-6.0.53-0.56.1
SUSE-SU-2017:1660-1: An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1007853,1007854,1007855,1007857,1007858,1011805,1011812,1015119,1033447,1033448,986359,988489 CVE References: CVE-2016-0762,CVE-2016-3092,CVE-2016-5018,CVE-2016-5388,CVE-2016-6794,CVE-2016-6796,CVE-2016-6797,CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735,CVE-2016-8745,CVE-2017-5647,CVE-2017-5648 Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (src): tomcat-7.0.78-7.13.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (src): tomcat-7.0.78-7.13.4
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