Description

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 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Related links:

• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-5018

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47892

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/259