Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.14 RESTEasy input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.14. This impacts an unknown function of the component RESTEasy. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-9606. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.14 (Application Server Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component RESTEasy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

JBoss RESTEasy before version 3.1.2 could be forced into parsing a request with YamlProvider, resulting in unmarshalling of potentially untrusted data which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with RESTEasy application permissions.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2016. The weakness was disclosed 05/18/2017 as RHSA-2017:1253 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-9606 since 11/23/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 168 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100288 (RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:1260)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236406 (Red Hat Update for eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:1412)).

Upgrading to version 6.4.15 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (100288), SecurityFocus (BID 94940†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038524†). The entry VDB-97602 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 100288
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:1260)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.15

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11/23/2016 🔍
12/01/2016 +8 days 🔍
12/16/2016 +15 days 🔍
05/18/2017 +153 days 🔍
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05/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
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05/26/2017 +7 days 🔍
03/09/2018 +287 days 🔍
12/25/2020 +1022 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:1253
Researcher: Moritz Bechler (AgNO3 GmbH , amp, amp, amp, amp, amp, amp, Co. KG)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9606 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9606
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101792
SecurityFocus: 94940 - Resteasy CVE-2016-9606 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9606 - Redhat - Resteasy - Medium
SecurityTracker: 1038524

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2017 21:46
Updated: 12/25/2020 16:43
Changes: 05/26/2017 21:46 (77), 10/03/2020 12:32 (6), 12/25/2020 16:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D12:103

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