CVE-2016-9774

Name	CVE-2016-9774
Description	The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
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-746-1, DLA-753-1, DSA-3738-1, DSA-3739-1
Debian Bugs	845393

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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	Origin	Debian Bugs
tomcat6	source	wheezy	6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4	DLA-746-1
tomcat6	source	(unstable)	6.0.41-3
tomcat7	source	wheezy	7.0.28-4+deb7u8	DLA-753-1
tomcat7	source	jessie	7.0.56-3+deb8u6	DSA-3738-1
tomcat7	source	(unstable)	7.0.72-3
tomcat8	source	jessie	8.0.14-1+deb8u5	DSA-3739-1
tomcat8	source	(unstable)	8.5.8-2		845393

Notes

Since 7.0.72-3, src:tomcat7 only builds the Servlet API
Since 6.0.41-3, src:tomcat6 only builds a servlet and docs in Jessie
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5