Multiple vulnerabilities in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU37460

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9585

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Red Hat JBoss EAP version 5 is vulnerable to a deserialization of untrusted data in the JMX endpoint when deserializes the credentials passed to it. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability resulting in a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: 5.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94932
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404528

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU40073

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7065

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The JMX servlet in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4 and 5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: 4.0.0 - 5.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/143
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93462
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382534
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40842/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.