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High DSA-3530-1 18 CVEs

tomcat6 - security update

Published Mar 25, 2016 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 7 tomcat6 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u1

Vulnerabilities 18

  • High 8.8

    Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token

    The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mech…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2016-0714 Public exploit EPSS 13%

    Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

    The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and…

  • High 8.1
    CVE-2015-5346 EPSS 11%

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Tomcat

    Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack we…

  • Medium 6.3
    CVE-2016-0763 EPSS 11%

    Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel in Apache Tomcat

    The setGlobalContext method in org/apache/naming/factory/ResourceLinkFactory.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M3 does not consider whether ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext callers are authorized, which allow…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2015-5345 EPSS 18%

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat

    The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a direc…

  • Medium 4.3
    CVE-2015-5174 EPSS 13%

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat

    Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash d…

  • Medium 4.3

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 does not place org.apache.catalina.manager.StatusManagerServlet on the org/apache/catalina/core/RestrictedServlets.properties list, which allows remote authenticate…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2013-4286 EPSS 16%

    Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request-smuggling

    Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect identification of…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2013-4322 Public exploit

    Apache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability

    Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which a…

  • Medium —

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document c…

  • Medium —

    Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

    org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.

  • Medium —
    CVE-2014-0075 Public exploit EPSS 18%

    Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Apache Tomcat

    Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumpti…

  • Medium —

    Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

    java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrict…

  • Medium —

    Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers in Apache Tomcat

    Integer overflow in java/org/apache/tomcat/util/buf/Ascii.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4, when operated behind a reverse proxy, allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted Conte…

  • Medium —

    Missing XML Validation in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a crafted web applicatio…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2014-0227 EPSS 21%

    Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

    java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.42, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle attempts to continue reading data after an error has occurred, which allows remote attackers to …

  • High —
    CVE-2014-0230 EPSS 20%

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread co…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2014-7810 EPSS 13%

    Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

    The Expression Language (EL) implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.58, and 8.x before 8.0.16 does not properly consider the possibility of an accessible interface implemented by an inaccessible class, which allows attackers to bypa…