Description (CNA)
Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.