| Name | CVE-2016-5425 |
| Description | The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat8 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- tomcat8 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
- tomcat7 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
- tomcat6 <not-affected> (Red Hat and derivatives packaging specific)
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html