CVE-2016-6797
It was discovered that it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6797 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (tomcat) | RHSA-2017:2247 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 7 | RHSA-2017:0456 | 2017-03-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 | RHSA-2017:0457 | 2017-03-07 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 6 | RHSA-2017:0455 | 2017-03-07 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat7 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | tomcat8 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat7 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | tomcat6 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | jbossweb | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tomcat6 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5 | Will not fix |