Server Denial of Service Vulnerability Discovered in Undertow's FormAuthenticationMechanism

CVE-2023-1973

7.5HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For Rhel 8
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For Rhel 9
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 On Rhel 7
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 November 2024

Summary

A flaw was found in Undertow package. Using the FormAuthenticationMechanism, a malicious user could trigger a Denial of Service by sending crafted requests, leading the server to an OutofMemory error, exhausting the server's memory.

Affected Version(s)

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 <= 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 <= 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 <= 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
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CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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