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Red Hat JBoss: CVE-2016-2141: Administrator and Sucker password stored in plaintext with world access

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Red Hat JBoss: CVE-2016-2141: Administrator and Sucker password stored in plaintext with world access

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/01/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

JGroups before 4.0 does not require the proper headers for the ENCRYPT and AUTH protocols from nodes joining the cluster, which allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and send and receive messages within the cluster via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • jboss_enterprise_application_platform-cve-2016-2141-1
  • jboss_enterprise_application_platform-cve-2016-2141-2

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