WildFly 10.0.0 Undertow Web Server Header crlf injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in WildFly 10.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Undertow Web Server. This manipulation causes crlf injection (Header). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-4993. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WildFly 10.0.0 (Application Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Undertow Web Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a crlf injection vulnerability (Header). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-93. The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in the Undertow web server in WildFly 10.0.0, as usued in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x before 7.0.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/26/2016 by Mikhail with NCC Group (Website). The advisory is shared at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4993 since 05/24/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105252 (RHEL 6 / 7 : eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:3458)), 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 236580 (Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 (RHSA-2017:3455)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105252) and SecurityFocus (BID 92894†). See VDB-92175, VDB-92322, VDB-95800 and VDB-105645 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 7.0.1

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Header
Class: Crlf injection / Header
CWE: CWE-93 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 105252
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 / 7 : eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:3458)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/24/2016 🔍
09/06/2016 +105 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +20 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/13/2017 +442 days 🔍
12/14/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/21/2022 +1742 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2017:3458
Researcher: Mikhail
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-4993 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4993
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92173
SecurityFocus: 92894 - RedHat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform CVE-2016-4993 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036758

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2016 10:45
Updated: 09/21/2022 12:03
Changes: 09/27/2016 10:45 (63), 04/26/2019 14:52 (15), 09/21/2022 11:55 (4), 09/21/2022 12:03 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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