https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376712
Bug ID: 1376712
Summary: CVE-2016-1240 tomcat: Local privilege escalation via
unsafe file handling in the Tomcat init script
Product: Security Response
Component: vulnerability
Keywords: Security
Severity: high
Priority: high
Assignee: security-response-team(a)redhat.com
Reporter: anemec(a)redhat.com
CC: alee(a)redhat.com, aszczucz(a)redhat.com,
bbaranow(a)redhat.com, bdawidow(a)redhat.com,
bgollahe(a)redhat.com, bmaxwell(a)redhat.com,
ccoleman(a)redhat.com, cdewolf(a)redhat.com,
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dosoudil(a)redhat.com, epp-bugs(a)redhat.com,
felias(a)redhat.com, fnasser(a)redhat.com,
hchiorea(a)redhat.com, hfnukal(a)redhat.com,
hhorak(a)redhat.com, ivan.afonichev(a)gmail.com,
jason.greene(a)redhat.com,
java-sig-commits(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
jawilson(a)redhat.com, jboss-set(a)redhat.com,
jclere(a)redhat.com, jcoleman(a)redhat.com,
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jgoulding(a)redhat.com, jialiu(a)redhat.com,
joelsmith(a)redhat.com, jokerman(a)redhat.com,
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jpallich(a)redhat.com, jshepherd(a)redhat.com,
kanderso(a)redhat.com, krzysztof.daniel(a)gmail.com,
lgao(a)redhat.com, lmeyer(a)redhat.com,
mbabacek(a)redhat.com, mbaluch(a)redhat.com,
me(a)coolsvap.net, miburman(a)redhat.com,
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ohudlick(a)redhat.com, pavelp(a)redhat.com,
pgier(a)redhat.com, psakar(a)redhat.com,
pslavice(a)redhat.com, rnetuka(a)redhat.com,
rsvoboda(a)redhat.com, rzima(a)redhat.com,
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twalsh(a)redhat.com, vhalbert(a)redhat.com,
vtunka(a)redhat.com, weli(a)redhat.com
It was reported that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling,
which could result in local privilege escalation.
References:
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/26
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