CVE-2016-6325

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6325
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-13 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat - All All All
Application Apache Tomcat - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Web Server 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Web Server 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-6325 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 1367447 – CVE-2016-6325 tomcat: tomcat writable config files allow privilege escalation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Apache Tomcat CVE-2016-6325 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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