High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6325
CVE-2016-6325
Description
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.
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Affected products
6- Range: 3.0
- osv-coords2 versions
< 0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2045.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93478nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456nvd
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