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    CVE-2016-9774

    The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, 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+deb7u8 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 obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.

    Published:Mar 23, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Mar 23, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.0007
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High