CVE-2023-3171 Eap-7: heap exhaustion via deserialization
Attackers can cause heap exhaustion and denial of service in JBoss EAP by submitting malicious deserialization requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-3171?
CVE-2023-3171 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 27 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3171?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3171?
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-2023-3171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3171 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
- 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-gpgq-5q34-mh72.