Denial of Service Risk in JBoss Remoting by Red Hat
CVE-2018-1041

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Jboss-remoting
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 February 2018

Summary

A flaw in the JBoss Remoting component, specifically in versions starting from 3.3.10, can lead to a denial of service condition. This occurs due to the improper handling of empty buffers in the RemoteMessageChannel. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can trigger an infinite loop, resulting in high CPU usage and rendering the service unavailable. Organizations using affected versions are advised to apply necessary patches or workarounds to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

jboss-remoting since 3.3.10

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44099/
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

EPSS Score

14% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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