SB2016091302 - Information disclosure in Red Hat JBoss
Published: September 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016091302
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4993)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose potentially sensitive data.
The vulnerability is caused by a parsing error when handling specially crafted URLs. A remote attacker can trigger the application to return a split query, which can lead to content spoofing and cache poisoning attacks.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to get access to potentially sensitive information or perform phishing attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.