Resource exhaustion in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2023-3171
Published: October 18, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82197
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2023-3171
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests using these classes to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-3171
Install updates from vendor's website.