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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-4459)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-4459)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/12/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in native/mod_manager/node.c in mod_cluster 1.2.9.. It was discovered that specifying configuration with a JVMRoute path longer than 80 characters will cause segmentation fault leading to a server crash.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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