Multiple vulnerabilities in JBoss Data Grid 8.1



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2020-9488
CVE-2020-11612
CWE-ID CWE-295
CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 JBoss Data Grid
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software

Vendor Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper Certificate Validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27487

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9488

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform man-in-the-middle attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the Apache Log4j SMTP appender does not validate SSL certificates. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack, intercept and decrypt network traffic.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Data Grid: before 8.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3626


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU27513

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11612

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within ZlibDecoders in Netty while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by passing an overly large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Data Grid: before 8.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3626


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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