CVE-2011-4610 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in JBoss Web via crafted UTF-8 input triggering an infinite loop.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-4610?
CVE-2011-4610 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 10 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Communications Platform before 5.1.3, Enterprise Web Platform before 5.1.2, Enterprise Application Platform before 5.1.2, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to a crafted UTF-8 and a "surrogate pair character" that is "at the boundary of an internal buffer."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4610?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Redhat Jboss Communications Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4610?
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-2011-4610 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4610 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh9c-c3q8-gv72.