CVE-2016-6345 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can obtain sensitive information from async jobs due to insufficient randomness in RESTEasy.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-6345?

CVE-2016-6345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6345?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client MavenAll versions3.0.20.Final
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client MavenAll versions3.0.20.Final
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client MavenFrom 3.1.0.Beta13.1.0.CR1
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client MavenFrom 3.1.0.Beta13.1.0.CR1

Products include Redhat Resteasy.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6345?

Upgrade org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client to a fixed version for your release line: 3.0.20.Final or 3.1.0.CR1.

Is CVE-2016-6345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6345, GHSA-vxhj-3x7p-jxp5, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6345.

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