Headline
CVE-2016-2141
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.
Issued:
2016-06-23
Updated:
2016-06-23
RHSA-2016:1334 - Security Advisory
- Overview
Synopsis
Critical: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.6 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Data Grid from the Customer Portal.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid is a distributed in-memory data grid, based on
Infinispan.
This asynchronous patch is a security update for JGroups package in Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.6. More information about this vulnerability is available at: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521
Security Fix(es):
- 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. (CVE-2016-2141)
The CVE-2016-2141 issue was discovered by Dennis Reed (Red Hat).
Solution
The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must
log in to download the update). Before applying this update, back up your
existing JBoss Data Grid installation.
Affected Products
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid Text-Only Advisories x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1313589 - CVE-2016-2141 JGroups: Authorization bypass
CVEs
- CVE-2016-2141
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=data.grid&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.6.0
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_JBoss_Data_Grid/
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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