| Name | CVE-2016-5018 |
| Description | 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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-728-1, DLA-729-1, DSA-3720-1, DSA-3721-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 842663 |
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 | |
| tomcat8 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 8.0.14-1+deb8u28 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 8.5.54-0+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 8.5.54-0+deb9u15 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat6 | source | wheezy | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 | DLA-728-1 | ||
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | 6.0.41-3 | low | ||
| tomcat7 | source | wheezy | 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 | DLA-729-1 | ||
| tomcat7 | source | jessie | 7.0.56-3+deb8u5 | DSA-3721-1 | ||
| tomcat7 | source | (unstable) | 7.0.72-1 | low | 842663 | |
| tomcat8 | source | jessie | 8.0.14-1+deb8u4 | DSA-3720-1 | ||
| tomcat8 | source | (unstable) | 8.0.37-1 | low |
Since 6.0.41-3, src:tomcat6 only builds a servlet and docs in Jessie
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Fixed by: http://svn.apache.org/r1754901 (8.0.x)
Fixed by: http://svn.apache.org/r1754902 (7.0.x)
Fixed by: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754904