| Name | CVE-2013-1976 |
| Description | The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat6 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| tomcat7 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u6 | fixed |
| stretch | 7.0.75-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- tomcat6 <not-affected> (RedHat-specific issue)
- tomcat7 <not-affected> (RedHat-specific issue)