UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5018
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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5018
Published: 28 Oct 2016Last Modified: 4 Jun 2026
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5018, http://markmail.org/message/lixw6iyojoxwfizv?q=list:org.apache.tomcat.announce/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3177-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4557-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5018
Affected packages
Package
Name: tomcat7
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
Affected versions
7.0.42-1
7.0.47-1
7.0.50-1
7.0.52-1
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7
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
