CVE-2016-6325

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-10-10
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7,JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (tomcat6)	ELSA-2016-2045	2016-10-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (tomcat)	ELSA-2016-2046	2016-10-10