CVE-2016-6347

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-09-01
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1372124: CVE-2016-6347 RESTEasy: Use of the default exception handler in RESTEasy can lead to reflected XSS attack
It was found that the default exception handler in RESTEasy did not properly validate user input. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a relected XSS attack.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6347 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of RESTEasy as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Moderate. Additionally Red Hat Satellite does not use the default ExceptionMapper, and the custom exception handler does not allow return type of text/html. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 katello Will not fix
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 Core Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 6 Security Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 Requirements Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 REST Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 SwitchYard Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 SwitchYard Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 Security Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 REST Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 RESTEasy Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 jbossas Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 Productization Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 resteasy Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 Build Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 Build and Assembly Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 Security Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 Build and Assembly Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 vdsm-jsonrpc-java Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Mikhail Egorov (Odin) for reporting this issue.

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