CVE catalog
CVE-2016-6794
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.15% · Oct 25, 2026
When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | tomcat6 | 16.04 | 6.0.41-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 16.04 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | 16.04 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 16.04 | 7.0.64-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 16.04 | 7.0.68-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 16.04 | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | 16.04 | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3 | fixed |
| 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 |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | 14.04 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat6 | deb | 16.04 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | 16.04 | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | deb | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2017_2247.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6794]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-6794.json]
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