CVE - CVE-2016-1240

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1240	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
References
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BID:93263 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263 BUGTRAQ:20161001 CVE-2016-1240 - Tomcat packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalation URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ DEBIAN:DSA-3669 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 DEBIAN:DSA-3670 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 EXPLOIT-DB:40450 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/ GENTOO:GLSA-201705-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 MISC:http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html 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 SECTRACK:1036845 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 UBUNTU:USN-3081-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20151227	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151227)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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