{"id":"USN-3081-2","summary":"tomcat6 vulnerability","details":"Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled\ncreating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\nobtain root privileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:02Z","published":"2020-10-27T17:43:46Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1240"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1240","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1240"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3081-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1240"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat6","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat6@6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["6.0.41-4","6.0.45+dfsg-1","6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libservlet2.5-java","binary_version":"6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3081-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-1240"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}