Apache Tomcat Vulnerabilities Affected by CVE-2016-3427,CVE-2016-6816
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Apache Tomcat Vulnerabilities Affected by CVE-2016-3427,CVE-2016-6816

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Article ID: 13568

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Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-3427,CVE-2016-6816

Affected Software: Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.72

Impact of vulnerability: The code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own.

The JmxRemoteLifecycleListener was not updated to take account of Oracle's fix for CVE-2016-3427. Therefore, Tomcat installations using this listener remained vulnerable to a similar remote code execution vulnerability. This issue has been rated as important rather than critical due to the small number of installations using this listener and that it would be highly unusual for the JMX ports to be accessible to an attacker even when the listener is used.

Link: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.72

 



Is Spectrum affected by Apache Tomcat Vulnerabilities "CVE-2016-3427,CVE-2016-6816"

 

 

Environment

Spectrum 9.4.x, 10.x

Resolution

Yes we are affected by these vulnerabilities and it will be addressed in Spectrum 10.3

Additional Information

Note : Please Contact CA Support if you have any questions.