USN-3081-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3081-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3081-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3081-1
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Published
2016-09-19T16:55:51.845348Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:18Z
Summary
tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability
Details

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. (CVE-2016-1240)

This update also reverts a change in behaviour introduced in USN-3024-1 by setting mapperContextRootRedirectEnabled to True by default.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tomcat7

Package

Name
tomcat7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7@7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

Affected versions

7.*

7.0.42-1
7.0.47-1
7.0.50-1
7.0.52-1
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "libtomcat7-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-user"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1240"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tomcat8

Package

Name
tomcat8
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat8@8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

8.*

8.0.26-1
8.0.28-1
8.0.30-1
8.0.32-1
8.0.32-1ubuntu1
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.1-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libtomcat8-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-admin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-user"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1240"
        }
    ]
}