Bug 1390525 – CVE-2016-5018 tomcat: security manager bypass via IntrospectHelper utility function

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Bug 1390525 - (CVE-2016-5018) CVE-2016-5018 tomcat: security manager bypass via IntrospectHelper utility function

Summary:	CVE-2016-5018 tomcat: security manager bypass via IntrospectHelper utility fu...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-5018

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1393225 1390531 1390532 1390533 1393226
Blocks:	1390534 1415638 1428325 1461888
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Reported:	2016-11-01 06:02 EDT by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2018-10-19 17:38 EDT (History)
CC List:	70 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	tomcat 6.0.47, tomcat 7.0.72, tomcat 8.5.5, tomcat 8.0.37
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Doc Text:	It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0455	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 security and enhancement update	2017-03-07 19:06:40 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0456	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 security and enhancement update	2017-03-07 19:06:06 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0457	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server security and enhancement update	2017-03-07 19:05:59 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1548	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 7	2017-06-20 16:03:51 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1549	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 6	2017-06-20 16:00:34 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1550	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 update on RHEL 5	2017-06-20 15:57:08 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1551	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update	2017-06-20 15:46:11 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1552	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: jboss-ec2-eap security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2017-06-20 16:28:16 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:2247	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2017-08-01 15:43:19 EDT

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Description Martin Prpič 2016-11-01 06:02:47 EDT

The following flaw was found in Tomcat:

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

Upstream patches:

6.0.47: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754904
7.0.72: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754902
8.5.5: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754900
8.0.37: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1754901

External References:

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.47
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.72
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.5_and_8.0.37

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2016-11-01 06:24:15 EDT

Created tomcat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1390532]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1390533]

Comment 6 Andrej Nemec 2016-12-06 03:38:55 EST

Upstream posted additional patches:

6.0.x: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1761718
7.0.x: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1760309
8.5.x: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1760305
8.0.x: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1760307

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-07 14:09:33 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0

Via RHSA-2017:0457 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-07 14:14:04 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2017:0456 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-07 14:18:35 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2017:0455 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-20 11:47:18 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4

Via RHSA-2017:1551 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-20 12:08:07 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5

Via RHSA-2017:1550 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-20 12:09:23 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2017:1549 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-20 12:10:44 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2017:1548 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-20 12:29:18 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2017:1552 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 19:19:50 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2247 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247

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