PT-2018-9873 · Red Hat · Jboss-Remoting

Frank Spierings · Published 2018-02-15 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1041

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10 and later

Description: A flaw was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel reads from an empty buffer, which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service via high CPU usage caused by an infinite loop.

Recommendations: For jboss-remoting version 3.3.10, consider disabling the RemoteMessageChannel until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1041

RHSA-2018:0268

RHSA-2018:0270

RHSA-2018:0271

RHSA-2018:0275

Affected Products

Jboss-Remoting

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44099 · Exploit
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1041 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040323 · Note