CVE-2022-3143 Wildfly-elytron possibly vulnerable to timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator

What is CVE-2022-3143?

CVE-2022-3143 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 11 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator. A flaw was found in Wildfly-elytron. Wildfly-elytron uses java.util.Arrays.equals in several places, which is unsafe and vulnerable to timing attacks. To compare values securely, use java.security.MessageDigest.isEqual instead. This flaw allows an attacker to access secure information or impersonate an authed user.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3143?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron. It affects 2 products.

Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Wildfly Elytron.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3143?

Upgrade org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron to a fixed version for your release line: 1.15.15.Final or 1.20.3.Final.

Is CVE-2022-3143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

• CVE-2017-12149 Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-1428 Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 5.9
• CVE-2010-0738 Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Exploited Low 3.7
• CVE-2016-3690 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7504 Deserialization in JBoss Critical 9.8

All Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cp.