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CVE-2016-0714

Public on 2016-02-25
Modified on 2016-03-29
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat6 2016-03-29 15:30 ALAS-2016-681
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat7 2016-03-29 15:30 ALAS-2016-680
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat8 2016-03-29 15:30 ALAS-2016-679

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H