SB2017032216 - Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 update for eap7-jboss-ec2-eap
Published: March 22, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032216
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Data handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8656)
CWE-ID: CWE-19 - Data Handling
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unsafe file handling. A local attacker can gain root privileges.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9589)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
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 unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Undertow component due to improper resource management. A remote attacker can use a cache of seen HTTP headers that is kept in persistent connections, send a specially crafted input, consume excessive amounts of memory resources and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.