CVE-2016-6311

EAP7: Internal IP address disclosed on redirect when request header Host field is not set

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Get requests in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7 disclose internal IP addresses to remote attackers.

Las peticiones Get en JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7 divulgan las direcciones IP internas a atacantes remotos.

It was found that when issuing a GET request which results in a 302 redirect, and when the request header 'Host' field was not set, the response header field 'Location' contains the internal IP address of the server. An attacker could use this disclose information which they are not authorized to access.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: A Denial of Service can be caused when a long request is sent to EAP 7.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-07-26 CVE Reserved
2017-08-22 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-04-13 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454	2017-12-15
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455	2017-12-15
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456	2017-12-15
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458	2017-12-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362735	2017-12-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6311	2017-12-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.0"		-		Affected