CVE - CVE-2016-5018

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-5018	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.
References
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BID:93942 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942 CONFIRM:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/ URL:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/ DEBIAN:DSA-3720 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html URL:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html MLIST:[announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E MLIST:[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0455 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0456 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0457 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1548 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1549 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1550 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1551 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1552 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:2247 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247 SECTRACK:1037142 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142 SECTRACK:1038757 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757 UBUNTU:USN-4557-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/
Assigning CNA
Apache Software Foundation
Date Record Created
20160524	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20160524)
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