What is CVE-2016-0896?

CVE-2016-0896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-0896?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime

CVE-2016-0896

Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.6.34 and 1.7.x before 1.7.12 places 169.254.0.0/16 in the all_open Application Security Group, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended network-connectivity restrictions by leveraging access to the 169.254.169.254 address.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Pivotal_software Cloud_foundry_elastic_runtime — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0896?: CVE-2016-0896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-0896?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.