CVE-2016-5388
HIGH 8.1
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 50.90 % · percentile 99 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Apache Tomcat 7.x through 7.0.70 and 8.x through 8.5.4, when the CGI Servlet is enabled, follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue. NOTE: the vendor states "A mitigation is planned for future releases of Tomcat, tracked as CVE-2016-5388"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1635
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324759
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797896
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/changelog.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91818
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00025.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03770en_us
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1624.html
- https://www.apache.org/security/asf-httpoxy-response.txt
- https://httpoxy.org/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036331
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1636
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00015.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc6b2147532416cc736e68a32678d3947b7053c3085cf43a9874fd102%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2853582063cfd9e7fbae1e029ae004e6a83482ae9b70a698996353dd%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf21b368769ae70de4dee840a3228721ae442f1d51ad8742003aefe39%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-v646-rx6w-r3qq — Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-5290
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-5388
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0370 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-568 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:hp:system_management_homepage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 7.5.5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.0 ≤ 6.0.45cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.0 ≤ 7.0.70cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0 ≤ 8.5.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |