{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-9775", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "USN-3177-2", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2" }, { "name": "94643", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643" }, { "name": "DSA-3739", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739" }, { "name": "DSA-3738", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161202 CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaging", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaging", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10" }, { "name": "USN-3177-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1" }, { "name": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385" }, { "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/" } ] } }