Upstream information

CVE-2016-2141 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 986396 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 23 23:30:08 2016
CVE page last modified: Thu Apr 27 11:29:41 2023