Heap exhaustion via deserialization
CVE-2023-3171

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
eap
EAP 7.4.13
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 December 2023
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What is CVE-2023-3171?

A vulnerability exists in EAP-7 related to the deserialization of specific classes. This flaw can allow an attacker to create malicious requests that exploit these classes, leading to resource consumption issues. As a consequence, this could exhaust the heap memory, resulting in a Denial of Service condition where legitimate users are unable to access the application or service.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486
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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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CVE-2023-3171 : Heap exhaustion via deserialization