SB2016123101 - Denial of service in Apache Wicket
Published: December 31, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016123101
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of untrusted data (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6793)
CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a deserialization error in the DiskFileItem class. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data, trigger infinite loop if the client attempts to write on the DeferredFileOutputStream attribute and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.