| Name | CVE-2016-5425 |
| Description | The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat8 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- tomcat8 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
- tomcat7 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
- tomcat6 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html