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CVE-2016-8735

CVE-2016-8735CRITICAL

Apache Tomcat

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .9034   99.8   YES

AFFECTED
  Product        Versions         Fixed
  Apache Tomcat  before 6.0.48 –  —

TIMELINE
  Oct 18  Reserved by apache
  Apr 6   Published (CNA: apache)
  May 12  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-06-02

CNA: apache · CVSS v3.1 · 37 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due June 2, 2023

Description

Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 18, 2016	Reserved	Reserved by apache
April 6, 2017	Published	Published (CNA: apache)
May 12, 2023	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-06-02

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tomcat	—	before 6.0.48	—

References (37)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/502 [Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767644 [Broken Link, Patch]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767656 [Broken Link, Patch]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767676 [Broken Link, Patch]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767684 [Broken Link, Patch]
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94463 [Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037331 [Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 [Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-8735 [US Government Resource]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2016-8735 at cve.org

Vendors: apache

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