Red Hat AMQ Streams update for jetty
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2021-28163 CVE-2021-28164 CVE-2021-28165 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-200 CWE-20 CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. |
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AMQ Streams Server applications / Application servers |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU51878
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28163
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. If the ${jetty.base} directory or the ${jetty.base}/webapps directory is a symlink, the contents of the ${jetty.base}/webapps directory may be deployed as a static web application, exposing the content of the directory for download.
Install updates from vendor's website.
AMQ Streams: 1.6.0 - 1.6.2
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1560
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: #VU51877
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28164
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive informatoin.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing special characters, passed via URI. A remote attacker can use %2e or %2e%2e segments to access protected resources within the WEB-INF directory.
Example:
http://[host]/context/%2e/WEB-INF/web.xml
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
AMQ Streams: 1.6.0 - 1.6.2
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1560
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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
3) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU51876
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28165
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing large TLS frames. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger CPU high load and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
AMQ Streams: 1.6.0 - 1.6.2
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1560
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.
