Bug 1404528 (CVE-2016-9585) - CVE-2016-9585 EAP-5: unsafe deserialization of user credentials by the JMX endpoint
Summary: CVE-2016-9585 EAP-5: unsafe deserialization of user credentials by the JMX en...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-9585
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-12-14 02:36 UTC by Jason Shepherd
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:52 UTC (History)
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It was found that the JMX endpoint of Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 deserializes the credentials passed to it. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:04:25 UTC
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Description Jason Shepherd 2016-12-14 02:36:49 UTC 
If a user exposes Remote JMX on EAP 5, or SOA-P 5 they could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service Attack.
Comment 1 Jason Shepherd 2016-12-14 02:37:07 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Jason Shepherd (Red Hat)
Comment 2 Jason Shepherd 2016-12-14 02:42:58 UTC 
Mitigation:

You should not expose Remote JMX on EAP 5, or SOA-P 5. To do that remove this system property from bin/run.conf, or bin/run.conf.bat:

   com.sun.management.jmxremote.port=<portNum>
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