CVE-2013-4210 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by consuming file descriptors in JBoss Remoting, affecting Red Hat JBoss platforms.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4210?
CVE-2013-4210 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 1 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread class in Red Hat JBoss Remoting for Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3.1 GA, Web Platform 5.2.0, Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0, and other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4210?
It affects 4 products.
Linux distribution packages (5)
jboss-remoting Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el4 | All versions | 0:2.5.4-11.SP4_patch01.ep5.el4 |
jboss-remoting Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el5 | All versions | 0:2.5.4-11.SP4_patch01.ep5.el5 |
jboss-remoting Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.4-11.SP4_patch01.ep5.el6 |
jboss-remoting Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5::el5 | All versions | 0:2.5.4-11.SP4_patch01.ep5.el5 |
jboss-remoting Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.4-11.SP4_patch01.ep5.el6 |
Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4210?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2013-4210 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4210 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2010-1428 Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure
- CVE-2010-0738 Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2016-3690 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2017-7504 Deserialization in JBoss
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5mp8-w9f6-gv7r, RHSA-2013:1369, RHSA-2013:1370.