Medium
Security advisory
The setGlobalContext method in org/apache/naming/factory/ResourceLinkFactory.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M3 does not consider whether ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext callers are authorized, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read or write to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial of service (application disruption), via a web application that sets a crafted global context.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-0763
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The setGlobalContext method in org/apache/naming/factory/ResourceLinkFactory.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M3 does not consider whether ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext callers are authorized, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read or write to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial of service (application disruption), via a web application that sets a crafted global context.
osv:CVE-2016-0763
Complete source record
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"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626",
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"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1087",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1088",
"https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/"
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"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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}
],
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}
]
}
]
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2016-0763",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
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"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 431037,
"published_at": "2016-02-25T01:59:06.28+00:00"
}