CVE-2016-6816
Find out more about CVE-2016-6816 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Applying the fix provided to mitigate this issue may cause Tomcat to return 400 status after updating. For more information, refer to https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2891171
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (tomcat6) | RHSA-2017:0527 | 2017-03-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 6 | RHSA-2017:0455 | 2017-03-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:0250 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2017:0244 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2017:0246 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 | RHSA-2017:0457 | 2017-03-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 7 | RHSA-2017:0456 | 2017-03-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 | RHSA-2017:0247 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (tomcat) | RHSA-2017:0935 | 2017-04-12 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2017:0245 | 2017-02-02 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-java-common-tomcat | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat7 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat8 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | Core Server | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat7 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat6 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5 | Will not fix |
External References
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.48
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.73
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.39
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.8
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2891171
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/2991951
