Critical severity · published Jun 30, 2016
CVE-2016-2141
It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster
9.8
CVSS
4.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.7% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JE
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform · Redhat
5.2; 6.4; 7.0 · source: NVD
JG
Jgroups · Redhat
before 4.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
JE
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2141
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2141
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1435.html
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1439.html
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91481
Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036165
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1345
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