CVE-2016-6345
Description
It was found that there was insufficient use of randam values in RESTEasy async jobs. An attacker could use this flaw to steal user data.
Mitigation
Don't enable Async Jobs Service as details in the section, "2.10. RESTEASY ASYNCHRONOUS JOB SERVICE" of JBoss EAP 7 Developing Web Services Applications documentation: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-jboss-enterprise-application-platform/7.0/paged/developing-web-services-applications/chapter-2-developing-jax-rs-web-services
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.5 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | Low | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 | 4 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Access Complexity | High | Low | N/A |
| Authentication | Single | Single | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Mikhail Egorov (Odin) for reporting this issue.
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