CVE-2016-6346
published 2016-09-07CVE-2016-6346: RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
4.91%
91.2th percentile
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | resteasy | < resteasy 3.1.0-1 (sid) | resteasy 3.1.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | resteasy3.0 | < resteasy 3.1.0-1 (sid) | resteasy 3.1.0-1 (sid) |
| redhat | resteasy | >= 0 < 3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
RESTEasy vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-07-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2021-20289 [MEDIUM] RESTEasy vulnerabilities
Title: RESTEasy vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in resteasy, resteasy3.0.
It was discovered that RESTEasy made insufficient use of random values in
asynchronous jobs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to steal
user data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6345)
It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable GZIP decompression
module by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-6346)
It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly made use of unsanitized data
while handling certain errors. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6347
Red Hat
RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
vendor_redhat·2016-09-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
It was found that GZIPInterceptor is enabled when not necessarily required in RESTEasy. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a Denial of Service attack.
Statement: This issue was fixed in EAP 7.1.0, but was not fixed in 7.0.7
On Red Hat Satellite 6.5 this issue is fixed through the candlepin package update (candlepin 2.5.8), which contains a non-vulnerable version of RESTEasy.
Package: RESTEasy (Red Hat BPM Suite 6) - Affected
Package: resteasy-base (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: vdsm-jsonrpc-java (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3) - Under investigation
P
Debian
CVE-2016-6346: resteasy - RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denia...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346: resteasy - RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denia...
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.1.0-1)
OSV
resteasy, resteasy3.0 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-07-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2016-6345 [MEDIUM] resteasy, resteasy3.0 vulnerabilities
resteasy, resteasy3.0 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that RESTEasy made insufficient use of random values in
asynchronous jobs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to steal
user data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6345)
It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable GZIP decompression
module by default. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-6346)
It was discovered that RESTEasy improperly made use of unsanitized data
while handling certain errors. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6347)
It was discovered that RESTEasy enabled a vulnerable JSON mani
OSV
Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
osv·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
GHSA
Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
ghsa·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
Denial of service in JBoss resteasy
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
OSV
CVE-2016-6346: RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors
osv·2016-09-07·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346: RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors
RESTEasy enables GZIPInterceptor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-07-14·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue af
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-05-29·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue af
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-09-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affect
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
bugzilla·2016-09-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2016-6346 [HIGH] CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
CVE-2016-6346 RESTEasy: Abuse of GZIPInterceptor in RESTEasy can lead to denial of service attack
It was found that GZIPInterceptor is enabled when not necessarily required in RESTEasy. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a Denial of Service attack.
Discussion:
Acknowledgments:
Name: Mikhail Egorov (Odin)
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Created resteasy tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1372122]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.14
Via RHSA-2017:0517 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0517.html
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7
Via RHSA-2017:0828 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html
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This is
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2016-09-07
Published