It was discovered that the Tomcat packages installed configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf writeable to the tomcat group. A member of the group or a malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2016-5425 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| 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 7 (tomcat) | RHSA-2016:2046 | 2016-10-10 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-java-common-tomcat | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat7 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat8 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat7 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat6 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | Scripts | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | tomcat7 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tomcat6 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5 | Not affected |
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