Denial of service in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU97683

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-2024-8391

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the gRPC server does not limit the maximum length of message payload. A remote attacker can send multiple extremely large messages to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform expansion pack (EAP XP): 5.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_eap_xp:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0542

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.