CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9774
tomcat6 - security update
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.75% · Oct 25, 2026
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
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 | 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 |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u6 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat7 | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 | fixed |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.35-6 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.35-6+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.35-7 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.37-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.39-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-2+squeeze5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-2+squeeze6 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-2+squeeze7 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.41-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.45-1~deb6u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | tomcat6 | 7 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 | 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-2016-9774 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat7 | deb | 16.04 | 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9774 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tomcat8 | deb | 16.04 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9774 | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat7 | deb | 7 | 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 | Not reported | DLA-753-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | tomcat6 | deb | 7 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 | Not reported | DLA-746-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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