CVE-2016-4437

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-06-03
CWE:
CWE-592
Bugzilla:
1343346: CVE-2016-4437 shiro: Security constraint bypass
It was found that Apache Shiro uses a default cipher key for its "remember me" feature. An attacker could use this to devise a malicious request parameter and gain access to unauthorized content.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4437 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 RHSA-2016:2036 2016-10-06
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 RHSA-2016:2035 2016-10-06

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 shiro-core Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 shiro-core Affected

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