Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Reverse-Proxy resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Reverse-Proxy. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-7046. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 (Application Server Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Reverse-Proxy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7, when operating as a reverse-proxy with default buffer sizes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a long URL.

The weakness was disclosed 10/03/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7046 since 08/23/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 93173†). The entries VDB-92173, VDB-92175, VDB-95800 and VDB-105645 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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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08/23/2016 🔍
09/15/2016 +23 days 🔍
10/03/2016 +18 days 🔍
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12/13/2017 +435 days 🔍
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09/22/2022 +1743 days 🔍

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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:3454⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-7046 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92322
SecurityFocus: 93173 - Red Hat Undertow CVE-2016-7046 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2016 10:30
Updated: 09/22/2022 08:05
Changes: 10/04/2016 10:30 (61), 04/30/2019 16:07 (14), 09/22/2022 07:59 (3), 09/22/2022 08:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:AE6:103

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