CVE-2016-6794 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb@3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3