The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published: 2017-08-10T22:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:49.584Z
Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-6797
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:37.903Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-10T22:29:00.203
Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:39.350
Link: CVE-2016-6797