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Unscored USN-3081-2 1 CVE

tomcat6 vulnerability

Published Oct 27, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled
creating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain root privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS tomcat6 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-1240 Public exploit

    The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debi…

    tomcat8 tomcat7 tomcat6 Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1240