CVE catalog
CVE-2016-5388
Apache Tomcat 7.x through 7.0.70 and 8.x through 8.5.4, when the CGI Servlet is enabled, follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted clie
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 50.90% · Oct 25, 2026
Apache Tomcat 7.x through 7.0.70 and 8.x through 8.5.4, when the CGI Servlet is enabled, follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue. NOTE: the vendor states "A mitigation is planned for future releases of Tomcat, tracked as CVE-2016-5388"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tomcat9 | sid | 9.0.122-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | forky | 9.0.122-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | trixie | 9.0.95-1 | not affected |
| Debian | tomcat9 | bookworm | 9.0.70-2 | not affected |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_desktop | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_server | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_server_aus | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_server_eus | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_server_tus | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_workstation | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | system_management_homepage | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_desktop | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_server | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux_workstation | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tomcat | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.64-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.42-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.47-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.50-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.37-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.39-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | pro | 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.26-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.28-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.30-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.64-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 | fixed |
| Suse | tomcat6 | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 6.0.45-0.53.2 | fixed |
| Suse | tomcat6 | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 6.0.45-0.53.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat9 | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 | Not reported | USN-4791-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | deb | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | pro | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388 | Not reported |
| Suse | tomcat6 | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 6.0.45-0.53.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2229-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | tomcat6 | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 6.0.45-0.53.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2229-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libtomcat9-java]Not affected
Source package: [tomcat9]
Details (2)
9.0.70-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · tomcat9 · debian · bookworm
9.0.70-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · tomcat9 · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_2046.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5388]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1883-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2229-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4791-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5388]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-5388.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2016/wid-sec-w-2025-2522.json]
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