Red Hat JBoss Core Services xpointer.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file xpointer.c of the component Core Services. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-9597. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat JBoss (Application Server Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the file xpointer.c of the component Core Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/30/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-9597 since 11/22/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97015 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169693 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97015) and SecurityFocus (BID 98567†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 97015
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/22/2016 🔍
01/16/2017 +54 days 🔍
02/02/2017 +17 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +3 days 🔍
05/19/2017 +102 days 🔍
07/30/2018 +436 days 🔍
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07/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2023 +1731 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:2957
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122322
SecurityFocus: 98567 - libxml2 CVE-2016-9597 Incomplete Fix Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2018 07:03
Updated: 04/27/2023 17:20
Changes: 07/31/2018 07:03 (72), 03/11/2020 09:33 (4), 04/27/2023 17:20 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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