CVE-2016-4459

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-10-12
Bugzilla:
1341583: CVE-2016-4459 mod_cluster: Buffer overflow in mod_manager when sending request with long JVMRoute
It was discovered that specifying configuration with a JVMRoute path longer than 80 characters will cause segmentation fault leading to a server crash.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4459 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.8
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 RHSA-2016:2056 2016-10-12
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server RHSA-2016:2055 2016-10-12
Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server RHSA-2017:0194 2017-01-25
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 RHSA-2016:2957 2016-12-15
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server RHSA-2016:2054 2016-10-12
Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 Server RHSA-2017:0193 2017-01-25

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 mod_cluster Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 mod_cluster Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Robert Bost (Red Hat).

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