CVE-2016-9775
The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04
02 Description
The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-23 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f4e09467bd71d02dbb5dbd8000ed5dde623c2a39d67221dc1ecdd856d137a8f6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3177-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2
- www.securityfocus.com94643http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643
- www.debian.orgDSA-3739http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739
- www.debian.orgDSA-3738http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3177-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tomcat7 Fixed in 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tomcat7 Fixed in 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3
- tomcat8 Fixed in 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- tomcat6 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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