CVE-2016-6797 (GCVE-0-2016-6797)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-10 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:24
VLAI?
Summary
The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93940 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9325837eb00c… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037145 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d98287… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd586… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aab… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905a… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2018060… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9
Affected: 8.5.0 to 8.5.4
Affected: 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36
Affected: 7.0.0 to 7.0.70
Affected: 6.0.0 to 6.0.45
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