SB2016102709 - Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat
Published: October 27, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016102709
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6797)
The vulnerability allows an application to gain access to global resources on the target system.The weakness exists due to a flaw in the ResourceLinkFactory that allows a web application to obtain global JNDI resources.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in application's access to global JNDI resources on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.