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CVE-2016-6325

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Published: Oct 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Apache: Tomcat
1 product
Tomcat
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 16 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Version 5.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Version 6.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Version 7.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 6.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 7.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node
Version 6.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node
Version 7.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus
Version 7.2
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 6.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 7.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.2
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.2
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 6.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 7.0
Redhat
Jboss Enterprise Web Server
Version 2.0.0
Redhat
Jboss Web Server
Version 3.0

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References (16)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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