CVE-2016-6346 Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in RESTEasy applications by exploiting the GZIPInterceptor feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6346?
CVE-2016-6346 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6346?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs Maven | All versions | 3.0.20.Final |
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs Maven | All versions | 3.0.20.Final |
Products include Redhat Resteasy.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6346?
Upgrade org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs to 3.0.20.Final or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-6346 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6346 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2016-9606 JBoss RESTEasy vulnerable to Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2018-1051 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-yaml-provider
- CVE-2016-6345 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in RESTEasy
- CVE-2014-7839 XML External Entity Reference in RESTEasy
- CVE-2016-6347 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in RESTEasy
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6346, GHSA-wxvr-vqfp-9cqw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6346.