UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794

    Published: 28 Oct 2016Last Modified: 4 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6794

    Summary:

    Details: When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6794, http://markmail.org/message/zk7w6yly5mviocci?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-2016-6794

    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
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