| Name | CVE-2016-6797 |
| Description | The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not. |
| 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 | 842666 |
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 | 842666 | |
| 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/r1757273 (8.0.x)
Fixed by: http://svn.apache.org/r1757275 (7.0.x)
Fixed by: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1757285 (6.0.x)