Upstream information
Description
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Liberty Linux 7 |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2016:2046 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Oct 10 11:45:08 2016CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 17:25:39 2023