Jboss A MqApplication · Redhat
CVE-2016-8653
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIt was found that the JMX endpoint of Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6, and Red Hat A-MQ 6 deserializes the credentials passed to it. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe JMX endpoint in Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 and Red Hat A-MQ 6 improperly deserializes credentials passed to it, allowing an attacker to craft malicious input that triggers a denial of service condition through the deserialization process.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Jboss A MqApplication
= 6.0.0
Jboss FuseApplication
= 6.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed product and versionRun 'rpm -qa | grep -iE "jboss|fuse|amq"' or check the installation directory for version files such as version.properties or MANIFEST.MF in the relevant JAR filesAffected if The installed version matches 6.0.0 for either Red Hat JBoss Fuse or Red Hat A-MQ
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Locate JMX endpoint configurationSearch for JMX configuration files such as jmx-remoting.xml, jmx-config.xml, or any XML files under etc/ or conf/ directories that contain 'jmx-connector' or 'jmx-remoting' elementsAffected if JMX endpoint configuration files exist and the JMX remoting connector is defined
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Verify JMX endpoint is enabled and accessibleCheck the configuration files found in the previous step - look for <connector> elements with 'jmx' protocol and verify the port number defined (commonly ports 1099, 4444, or 9999)Affected if The JMX connector element is present and enabled in the configuration, meaning the endpoint is exposed
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Confirm credential deserialization pathwayInspect the JMX configuration for any reference to Credential or SecurityDomain objects, or look for deserialization of user credentials in any Java serialization configuration within the JMX contextAffected if The JMX endpoint is configured to accept or process serialized credential objects without validation filters
A system is affected if it runs Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.0.0 or Red Hat A-MQ 6.0.0 with the JMX endpoint enabled and configured to deserialize credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and secure deserialization practices on the JMX endpoint to prevent malicious credential payloads from being processed, or disable the JMX endpoint if not required.
Fix this in Jboss A Mq
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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