CVE-2016-1240
Description
The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
Risk Information
Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
18.357
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.14 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.5 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.7 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.8 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.10 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.3 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.4 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.7 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.8 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 2.4.5 | Windows |
| Update Tomcat to 3.0.14 | Windows |
| Servlet and JSP engine (USN-3081-2) libservlet2.5-java_6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2_all.deb | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.14 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.5 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.7 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.5.8 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.10 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.3 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.4 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.7 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 9.6.8 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 2.4.5 (For Linux) | Linux |
| Update Tomcat to 3.0.14 (For Linux) | Linux |
Patch Details
No records foundReferences
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234