CVE-2016-6797

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-10-27

Description

The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to9.0.0.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.

See more information about CVE-2016-6797 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (tomcat)	ELSA-2017-2247	2017-08-07

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