CVE-2016-8648
Find out more about CVE-2016-8648 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | opendaylight | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | opendaylight | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | karaf | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 | Karaf | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Jason Shepherd (Red Hat).Mitigation
In order to exploit this issue you need to have credentials of a user with the 'admin' role. Therefore a good mitigation against this attack is to set a strong password for any user with the 'admin' role in the 'etc/users.properties' file of the Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6, or Red Hat JBoss AM-Q 6.
