CVE-2016-6816

Publication date 23 November 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

The code in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.6, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.38, 7.0.0 to 7.0.72, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.47 that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tomcat6 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9
tomcat7 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
tomcat8 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tomcat6
tomcat7
tomcat8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3177-1
    • Tomcat vulnerabilities
    • 23 January 2017
    • USN-4557-1
    • Tomcat vulnerabilities
    • 30 September 2020

Other references