CVE-2016-9606

Publication date 9 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

JBoss RESTEasy before version 3.1.2 could be forced into parsing a request with YamlProvider, resulting in unmarshalling of potentially untrusted data which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with RESTEasy application permissions.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
resteasy 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes


sbeattie

in some places, incorrectly referred to as CVE-2016-9571 due to a double assignment


msalvatore

Can be mitigated by adding authentiation and authorization to any endpoint expecting Yaml content or disabling YamlProvider.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
resteasy

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H