CVE-2016-9774
HighSummary
The postinst script in the tomcat6, tomcat7, and tomcat8 packages on various versions of Debian and Ubuntu may 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.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to sensitive data and the potential for privilege escalation by local users, which could lead to serious security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the tomcat6, tomcat7, and tomcat8 packages to the latest versions to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8
Original NVD description (English source)
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.