Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-1976
CVE-2013-1976
Description
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.htmlnvd
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