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CVE-2016-5018in critical feed

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Apache Tomcat

Also known as GHSA-4v3g-g84w-hv7r

Published 9 y ago · modified 29 d ago · JSON

CVSS
9.1
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
10.3%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
29 d ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

10.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD2.06.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.19.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper
>=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.0.M10
>=8.5.0, <8.5.5
>=8.0.0RC1, <8.0.37
>=7.0.0, <7.0.72
9.0.0.M10
8.5.5
8.0.37
7.0.72
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:jasper
>=6.0.0, <6.0.47
6.0.47
mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper
>=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.0.M10
>=8.5.0, <8.5.5
>=8.0.0RC1, <8.0.37
>=7.0.0, <7.0.72
>=6.0.0, <6.0.47
9.0.0.M10
8.5.5
8.0.37
7.0.72
6.0.47

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1548 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1549 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93942 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1552 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038757 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2247 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037142 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:0455 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1550 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3720 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:0456 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apa · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apa · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apa · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4557-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5018 · advisory
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/648122fef84d3b43223e0b5ae668f84719dada0a · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/890a2f681ed2f3461b27983d7da9737375ff2ae4 · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/a6b1ebc246b91b854237e5aad3dfd2b5460ea282 · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e@%3Cannounce.tomcat.a · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apach · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apach · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apach · web
  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20180605-0001 · web
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4557-1 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20161125134649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20170908024318/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20171012232225/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757 · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat · package
  • github.com /search?q=repo%3Aapache%2Ftomcat+jasper.runtime+path%3A%2F%5Eres%5C%2Fbnd%5C%2F%2F&type=co · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web

Sources

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