SB2016091302 - Information disclosure in Red Hat JBoss

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SB2016091302 - Information disclosure in Red Hat JBoss

Published: September 13, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016091302
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4993)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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.

References