CVE-2016-0706

Published: 24 February 2016

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 does not place org.apache.catalina.manager.StatusManagerServlet on the org/apache/catalina/core/RestrictedServlets.properties list, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read arbitrary HTTP requests, and consequently discover session ID values, via a crafted web application.

From the Ubuntu security team

It was discovered that Tomcat did not place StatusManagerServlet on the RestrictedServlets list. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary HTTP requests, including session ID values. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 4.3

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0706
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/144
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3024-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian