It was found that several Tomcat session persistence mechanisms could allow a remote, authenticated user to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that placed a crafted object in a session.
Find out more about CVE-2016-0714 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (tomcat6) | RHSA-2016:2045 | 2016-10-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | RHSA-2016:1089 | 2016-05-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (tomcat) | RHSA-2016:2599 | 2016-11-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server (tomcat7) | RHSA-2016:2807 | 2016-11-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server (tomcat7) | RHSA-2016:2807 | 2016-11-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 7 | RHSA-2016:1088 | 2016-05-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1 | RHSA-2016:2808 | 2016-11-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 6 | RHSA-2016:1087 | 2016-05-17 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 4 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
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