CVE-2016-9775

Description

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, 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+deb7u7 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 gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.

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

0.11

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
tomcat7 security update(DSA-3738-1) tomcat7_7.0.56-3+deb8u6_all.deb	Linux
tomcat8 security update(DSA-3739-1) tomcat8_8.0.14-1+deb8u5_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 found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234