7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-9597
Red Hat JBoss Core Services Stack Overflow DoS Vulnerability
Description

It was found that Red Hat JBoss Core Services erratum RHSA-2016:2957 for CVE-2016-3705 did not actually include the fix for the issue found in libxml2, making it vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a Stack Overflow. This is a regression CVE for the same issue as CVE-2016-3705.

INFO

Published Date :

July 30, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9597 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hp icewall_federation_agent
2 Hp icewall_file_manager
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Xmlsoft libxml2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9597.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597 Issue Tracking

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V2 Reason AC-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-674
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9597 Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.01%

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0.39171

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