CVE-2016-2141
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions, and use this vulnerability to send and receive messages within the cluster, leading to information disclosure, message spoofing, or further possible attacks.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1435.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1439.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.htmlAdvisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1345Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1346Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1347Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91481
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036165Advisory