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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2016-6346 json

Denial of service in JBoss resteasy

published 2016-09-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-wxvr-vqfp-9cqw , EUVD-2022-5676

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs 3.0.20.Final
  • resteasy3.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.26-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6346

  • resteasy Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6346

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 7 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0005RHSA-2018:0004RHSA-2018:0002RHSA-2019:1222RHSA-2017:0829RHSA-2017:0828

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6346 updated cvss 7.5

RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 resteasy-base, resteasy-base-tjws, resteasy-base-jaxrs, resteasy-base-client, resteasy-base-javadoc, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all, +7 more Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 security
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossas jbossas
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 SwitchYard SwitchYard
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 rest Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 security
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 vdsm-jsonrpc-java Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager katello
    under investigation
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1675
show 11 more
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1676
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2143
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0003
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0517
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server jboss-msc 1.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, hornetq 2.3.25-19.SP17_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.18-6.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossts 4.17.39-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.21-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5, picketbox 4.1.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +72 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0826
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server jboss-msc 1.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, hornetq 2.3.25-19.SP17_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.18-6.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossts 4.17.39-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.21-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6, picketbox 4.1.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +74 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0827
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server jboss-msc 1.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, hornetq 2.3.25-19.SP17_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.18-6.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossts 4.17.39-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.21-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7, picketbox 4.1.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +72 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0828
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0002
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0005
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.5 tfm 5.0-3.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, SOAPpy 0.11.6-17.el7, gofer 2.12.5-3.el7sat, liquibase 3.1.0-1.el7, pulp 2.18.1.1-1.el7sat, +397 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.5 tfm 5.0-3.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, SOAPpy 0.11.6-17.el7, gofer 2.12.5-3.el7sat, pulp 2.18.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, +212 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1222
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 build Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 Requirements Requirements Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes resteasy Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

5.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs
<3.0.20.Final
3.0.20.Final

References

Sources

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