| Name | CVE-2016-6794 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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 | 842664 |
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 | 842664 | |
| 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/r1754727 (8.0.x)
Fixed by: http://svn.apache.org/r1754728 (7.0.x)
Fixed by: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754733 (6.0.x)