Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat AMQ Streams

Published: 2022-01-21 | Updated: 2023-02-09

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-45105 CVE-2021-38153
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-208
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	AMQ Streams Server applications / Application servers
Vendor	Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU59051

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45105

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the StrSubstitutor class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Payload example: ${${::-${::-$${::-j}}}}

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

AMQ Streams: 1.6.0 - 1.6.5

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:amq_streams:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0219

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

2) Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy

EUVDB-ID: #VU56790

Risk: Low