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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-10-03T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.696Z

Reserved: 2015-12-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-03T15:59:00.207

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:46:01.087

Link: CVE-2016-1240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1240 - Bugzilla