tomcat is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An error in the way the init script handled the tomcat5-initd.log
, tomcat6-initd.log
, tomcat7-initd.log
and catalina.out
log files allows a tomcat user to perform a symbolic link attack to change the ownership of an arbitrary system file to the tomcat user, allowing privilege escalation to root
.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.html
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html