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8.1high

CVE-2016-5388in critical feed

Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

Also known as GHSA-v646-rx6w-r3qq

Published 10 y ago · modified 22 d ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
50.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
0
none known

Apache Tomcat 7.x through 7.0.70 and 8.x through 8.5.4, when the CGI Servlet is enabled, follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue. NOTE: the vendor states "A mitigation is planned for future releases of Tomcat, tracked as CVE-2016-5388"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 d ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

50.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.05.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina
>=7.0.0, <7.0.72
>=8.0.0, <8.5.5
7.0.72
8.5.5

Classification

Weakness

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1635 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324759 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/797896 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • tomcat.apache.org /tomcat-7.0-doc/changelog.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91818 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00025.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03770en_us · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1624.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • apache.org /security/asf-httpoxy-response.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • httpoxy.org / · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036331 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1636 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00015.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rc6b2147532416cc736e68a32678d3947b7053c3085cf43a9874fd102%40%3Cusers.tomcat.a · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r2853582063cfd9e7fbae1e029ae004e6a83482ae9b70a698996353dd%40%3Cusers.tomcat.a · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rf21b368769ae70de4dee840a3228721ae442f1d51ad8742003aefe39%40%3Cusers.tomcat.a · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5388 · advisory
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/1b91e91194a095ea922f96d1dccddf6fbc446e54 · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/880250877b0643956435282afb9c111450cfff4c · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat/commit/fb3569fbb9a2f55459aa8e1e22bc35a737e66329 · web
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1624 · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1@%3Cissues.activemq.a · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r2853582063cfd9e7fbae1e029ae004e6a83482ae9b70a698996353dd@%3Cusers.tomcat.apa · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rc6b2147532416cc736e68a32678d3947b7053c3085cf43a9874fd102@%3Cusers.tomcat.apa · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rf21b368769ae70de4dee840a3228721ae442f1d51ad8742003aefe39@%3Cusers.tomcat.apa · web
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00025.html · web
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1624.html · web
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html · web
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html · web
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/797896 · web
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:2045 · web
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:2046 · web
  • access.redhat.com /security/cve/CVE-2016-5388 · web
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1353809 · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat · package
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.a · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@%3Cissues.activemq.a · web

Sources

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