It was found that use of a JMS ObjectMessage does not safely handle user supplied data when deserializing objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using a JMS ObjectMessage.
Find out more about CVE-2016-4978 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (hornetq) | RHSA-2018:1449 | 2018-05-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:3458 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2018:1451 | 2018-05-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:3454 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (hornetq) | RHSA-2018:1450 | 2018-05-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | RHSA-2017:1836 | 2017-07-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:1835 | 2017-07-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:1837 | 2017-07-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:3458 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:1834 | 2017-07-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:3455 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:1837 | 2017-07-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 | RHSA-2018:1447 | 2018-05-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | RHSA-2017:3456 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (hornetq) | RHSA-2018:1448 | 2018-05-14 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | hornetq | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | hornetq | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | hornetq | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 7 | Artemis | Will not fix |
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