CVE-2018-1041 Denial of service in jboss-remoting
An attacker can cause a denial of service via high CPU usage due to an infinite loop in the RemoteMessageChannel component of the JBoss Remoting library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1041?
CVE-2018-1041 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 15 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1041?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Jboss Jboss-Remoting, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1041?
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-2018-1041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r69p-rc7c-rr2m.