CVE-2016-6796

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2017 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
15 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (31)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93944
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037141
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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