ubuntu-cve-2016-5018
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-10-28 00:00
Modified
2026-06-04 10:36
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5018",
  "modified": "2026-06-04T10:36:05Z",
  "published": "2016-10-28T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-5018"
  ]
}



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