CVE-2016-6797
Incorrect Authorization in Apache Tomcat
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
Description
The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
How to fix CVE-2016-6797
To remediate CVE-2016-6797, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.0.M10 or later
Is CVE-2016-6797 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |