CVE-2016-9775

High

Published: 23/03/2017(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The postrm 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 gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system with administrative privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the tomcat6, tomcat7, and tomcat8 packages to the latest versions to mitigate this vulnerability.

Other vulnerabilities in tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8

CVE-2016-9774High
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.

Original NVD description (English source)

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 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.