jboss-remoting 3.3.10 RemoteMessageChannel resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in jboss-remoting 3.3.10. The impacted element is the function RemoteMessageChannel. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1041. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in jboss-remoting 3.3.10 (Application Server Software). This issue affects the function RemoteMessageChannel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2018. The weakness was presented 02/15/2018 as Bug 1530457 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1041 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106651 (RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:0270)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236640 (Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19 (RHSA-2018:0268)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (44099) and Tenable (106651). See VDB-114172 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 106651
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:0270)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/05/2018 +63 days 🔍
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02/15/2018 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1530457
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113483
SecurityTracker: 1040323

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2018 12:59
Updated: 06/30/2024 03:22
Changes: 02/16/2018 12:59 (68), 01/06/2020 13:20 (7), 02/04/2021 09:55 (3), 06/30/2024 03:22 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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