CVE-2016-6812

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-12-19
CWE:
CWE-79
Bugzilla:
1406810: CVE-2016-6812 apache-cxf: XSS in Apache CXF FormattedServiceListWriter
A vulnerability was found in FormattedServiceListWriter in Apache CXF HTTP transport module that could allow an attacker to inject unexpected matrix parameters into the request URL. On a successful injection these matrix parameters will find their way back to the client in the services list page which represents an XSS risk to the client.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6812 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 6.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 RHSA-2017:0868 2017-04-03
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 RHSA-2017:0868 2017-04-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 cxf Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 cxf Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 cxf Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 cxf Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 cxf Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 cxf Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 cxf Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 cxf Will not fix

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