CVE-2016-6794
When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.
CVE-2016-6794
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2016-6794
Apache Tomcat
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache Tomcat",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "8.5.0 to 8.5.4"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.0.0 to 7.0.70"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.0.0 to 6.0.45"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2016-6794
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Publisher severity
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- Event
- #29045 · Revision 1
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