CVE-2016-6796
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6796
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6796.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6796
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-08-11T02:29:00.240Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-11T12:04:38.308901Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "6.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0.45" }, { "introduced": "8.0" }, { "last_affected": "8.0.36" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.4.0" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.7.1" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:7.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "6.4" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "3.0.0" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "16.04" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "8.0" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.4" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.5" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.6" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.7" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.4" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.6" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.7" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.6" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "7.7" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } ] }- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93944
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037141
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a2105a56b2495ab70fa568f06925bd861f0d71ffab4fb38bb4fdc45%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/apache/tomcat
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- Events
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IntroducedLast affectedIntroducedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0.70" }, { "introduced": "8.5.0" }, { "last_affected": "8.5.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone1" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone2" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone3" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone4" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone5" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone6" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone7" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone8" }, { "last_affected": "9.0.0-milestone9" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone7:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone8:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone9:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }