Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Eap 7.4.13
CVE-2023-3171
A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Eap 7.4.13
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el8eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el9eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 On Rhel 7 — versions 0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el7eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 7.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-3171?
- CVE-2023-3171 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Eap 7.4.13, classified under CWE-789. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-12-27.
- How severe is CVE-2023-3171?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.