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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-6345

medium Nessus Plugin ID 219842

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - RESTEasy allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging insufficient use of random values in async jobs. (CVE-2016-6345)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6345

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 219842

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_6345.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jaxrs-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-resteasy-pom, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-client, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jaxb-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-tjws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-tjws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jettison-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jaxb-provider, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jackson-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jackson-provider, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-resteasy-pom, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-atom-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-providers-pom, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jettison-provider, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jaxrs-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-providers-pom, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-atom-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-base-jaxrs-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-base-jaxrs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6345