CVE-2010-3862 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.6 Published 30 Dec 2010 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in JBoss Remoting by establishing a bisocket control connection without sending data.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2010-3862?

CVE-2010-3862 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 30 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The org.jboss.remoting.transport.bisocket.BisocketServerInvoker$SecondaryServerSocketThread.run method in JBoss Remoting 2.2.x before 2.2.3.SP4 and 2.5.x before 2.5.3.SP2 in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3 through 4.3.0.CP09, and 5.1.0; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform (aka JBEWP) 5.1.0; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) by establishing a bisocket control connection TCP session, and then not sending any application data.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3862?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (11)

`jboss-remoting` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4	All versions	`0:2.5.3-5.SP1.1.ep5.el4`
`jbossas-security-policy-cc` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4	All versions	`0:5.1.0-1.ep5.el4`
`jbossws-cxf` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4	All versions	`0:3.1.2-4.SP7.6.jdk6.ep5.el4`
`jopr-embedded` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4	All versions	`0:1.3.4-16.SP1.7.ep5.el4`
`jboss-remoting` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:2.5.3-5.SP1.1.ep5.el5`
`jbossas-security-policy-cc` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:5.1.0-1.ep5.el5`
`jbossws-cxf` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:3.1.2-4.SP7.6.jdk6.ep5.el5`
`jopr-embedded` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:1.3.4-16.SP1.7.ep5.el5`
`jboss-remoting` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:2.5.3-5.SP1.1.ep5.el5`
`jbossws-cxf` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:3.1.2-4.SP7.6.jdk6.ep5.el5`
`jopr-embedded` Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5::el5	All versions	`0:1.3.4-16.SP1.7.ep5.el5`

Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform, Redhat Jboss Remoting.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3862?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-3862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3f3h-gc4r-7vvp, RHSA-2010:0959, RHSA-2010:0960, RHSA-2010:0961.