CVE-2016-1240

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"cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_operations_network:3", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "jbossweb", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "jbossweb", "product_name": "Red Hat JBoss Portal 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:2", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rh-java-common-tomcat", "product_name": "Red Hat Software Collections"}], "public_date": "2016-09-15T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1240\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1240\nhttp://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.txt"], "threat_severity": "Important"}

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