CVE-2016-6808
It was found that the length checks prior to writing to the target buffer for creating a virtual host mapping rule did not take account of the length of the virtual host name, creating the potential for a buffer overflow.
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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 | 8.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2016:2957 | 2016-12-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server (jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk) | RHSA-2017:0194 | 2017-01-25 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 Server (jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk) | RHSA-2017:0193 | 2017-01-25 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 | mod_jk | Affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | mod_jk | Affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | mod_jk | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | mod_jk | Affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | mod_jk | Under investigation |