CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1240

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before version 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before version 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, as well as in tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before version 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Tomcat packages to the latest versions to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS