CVE-2016-6797

high
Published 2017-08-10 · Modified 2024-03-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Incorrect Authorization in Apache Tomcat

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6797.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@apache.org — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian8.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
redhat rhel7.4affected
redhat rhel7.5affected
redhat rhel7.6affected
redhat rhel7.7affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=9.0.0.M1,<9.0.0.M109.0.0.M10
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=8.5.0,<8.5.58.5.5
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=8.0.0,<8.0.378.0.37
java Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>=7.0.0,<7.0.727.0.72

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachetomcat{"startIncluding":"6.0.0","endIncluding":"6.0.45"}
apache apachetomcat9.0.0
oracletekelec_platform_distribution{"startIncluding":"7.4.0","endIncluding":"7.7.1"}
netapponcommand_insight-
netapponcommand_shift-
netappsnap_creator_framework-
redhatjboss_enterprise_web_server3.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-863

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.