CVE-2016-6797

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 43% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 10, 2017 (3199 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

The ResourceLinkFactory implementation 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 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.

CWE

CWE-863

Affected Products

apache tomcatoracle tekelec platform distributiondebian debian linuxnetapp oncommand insightnetapp oncommand shiftnetapp snap creator frameworkcanonical ubuntu linuxredhat jboss enterprise web serverredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux eus

References

🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 www.debian.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 access.redhat.com