CVE ID:	CVE-2016-1240
Description:	The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703670   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703669   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842892   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844680
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1240 BugTraq ID: 93263 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263 Bugtraq: 20161001 CVE-2016-1240 - Tomcat packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalation (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-3669 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Debian Security Information: DSA-3670 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0455 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0456 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0457 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1