CVE-2013-1976
Published: 9 July 2013
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | in redhat-specific init script |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
tomcat6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| raring |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
|
tomcat7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Does not exist
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| raring |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|