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Red Hat JBoss: CVE-2016-7046: Remove attackers can cause a denial of service

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Red Hat JBoss: CVE-2016-7046: Remove attackers can cause a denial of service

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/01/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7, when operating as a reverse-proxy with default buffer sizes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a long URL.

Solution(s)

  • jboss_enterprise_application_platform-cve-2016-7046-1

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