Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-8627. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (Application Server Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 01/18/2017. The weakness was published 01/18/2017 with Red Hat as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-8627 since 10/12/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105252), SecurityFocus (BID 95698†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037660†). Similar entries are available at VDB-92173, VDB-92175, VDB-92322 and VDB-105645. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:3458
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8627 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8627
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95800
SecurityFocus: 95698 - Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform CVE-2016-8627 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8627 - admin-cli - Cross-Origin Attack Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037660

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2017 16:37
Updated: 11/03/2022 08:39
Changes: 01/23/2017 16:37 (74), 07/30/2020 10:40 (6), 11/03/2022 08:35 (4), 11/03/2022 08:37 (13), 11/03/2022 08:38 (1), 11/03/2022 08:39 (1)
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