CVE-2016-9774

The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, 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+deb7u8 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 obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 22%
VendorProductVersion
debiandebian_linux
7.0
debiandebian_linux
8.0
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.10
apachetomcat
6.0
apachetomcat
7.0
apachetomcat
8.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Product
Codename
tomcat6
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
dne
bionic
dne
artful
dne
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
needed
precise
Fixed 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9
released
tomcat7
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
Fixed 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3
released
trusty
Fixed 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
released
precise
ignored
tomcat8
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
bionic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
artful
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
zesty
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
yakkety
Fixed 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1
released
xenial
Fixed 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
released
trusty
dne
precise
dne