CVE-2016-9775 Information

Description

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb7u3 on Debian wheezy before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb8u1 on Debian jessie before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 16.04 LTS and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10 and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8