CVE-2015-5220 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in the Web Console of Red Hat EAP and WildFly.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5220?
CVE-2015-5220 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 27 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Web Console in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.4.4 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large request header.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5220?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Jboss Wildfly Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5220?
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-2015-5220 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5220 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-12149 Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution
- 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
All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9g5x-j6wf-xvr6.