Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2016-6797
Published: October 28, 2016 / Updated: October 31, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1091
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6797
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6797
Update to version 6.0.47, 7.0.72, 8.0.37, 8.5.5, 9.0.0.M10.