RESTEasy Async Job information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in RESTEasy and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Async Job Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6345. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in RESTEasy (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component Async Job Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

RESTEasy allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging "insufficient use of random values" in async jobs.

The weakness was presented 09/07/2016 by Mikhail (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6345 since 07/26/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242054 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : RESTEasy vulnerabilities (USN-7630-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (242054) and SecurityFocus (BID 92746†). See VDB-91369 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 242054
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : RESTEasy vulnerabilities (USN-7630-1)

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Mikhail
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6345 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6345
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91368
SecurityFocus: 92746 - Redhat RESTEasy CVE-2016-6345 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2016 21:58
Updated: 07/15/2025 05:20
Changes: 09/08/2016 21:58 (47), 04/12/2019 06:32 (13), 07/15/2025 05:20 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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