Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 7 Tomcat /etc/sysconfig/tomcat access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc/sysconfig/tomcat of the component Tomcat. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-6325. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 7 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /etc/sysconfig/tomcat of the component Tomcat. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

The weakness was presented 10/13/2016 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6325 since 07/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94997 (Fedora 25 : 1:tomcat (2016-38e5b05260) (httpoxy)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236112 (Red Hat Update for tomcat (RHSA-2016:2046)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94997) and SecurityFocus (BID 93478†). See VDB-89670, VDB-92549 and VDB-92731 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 94997
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : 1:tomcat (2016-38e5b05260) (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 841694
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for tomcat RHSA-2016:2046-01
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11/19/2016 +36 days 🔍
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09/26/2022 +2135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-38e5b05260
Organization: Red Hat
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CVE: CVE-2016-6325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92708
SecurityFocus: 93478 - Apache Tomcat CVE-2016-6325 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2016 11:25
Updated: 09/26/2022 09:07
Changes: 10/14/2016 11:25 (67), 05/09/2019 09:20 (14), 09/26/2022 08:59 (3), 09/26/2022 09:02 (1), 09/26/2022 09:07 (1)
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