usn-4791-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-15 21:11
Modified
2026-06-25 10:45
Summary
tomcat7 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote attacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an arbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1336)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-5388",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java",
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          },
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          },
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            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin",
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          },
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            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples",
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          },
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          }
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "\nIt was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the\npresence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote\nattacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an\narbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)\n\nIt was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input.\nAn attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-1336)\n",
  "id": "USN-4791-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:45:59Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T21:11:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4791-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5388"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1336"
    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "tomcat7 vulnerabilities",
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  ]
}



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