Multiple vulnerabilities in JBoss Core Services

Published: 2018-08-16 | Updated: 2020-08-08

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2016-9596 CVE-2016-9598
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	JBoss Core Services Server applications / Application servers Libxml2 Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor	Red Hat Inc. Gnome Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU36776

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9596

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted XML document.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Core Services: All versions

Libxml2: All versions

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408302

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) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU36777