CVE-2016-5018

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.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Apache Tomcat, Centos, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu

Apache Tomcat

≤ 6.0.45, 7.0.70, 8.0.36, 8.5.4, 9.0.0

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

9.1 CRITICAL

EPSS

10.3% (95th percentile)

NVD status

Modified

Published

2017-08-10