Undertow HTTP/2 invocation of process using visible sensitive information

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Undertow. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HTTP2 Handler. The manipulation results in invocation of process using visible sensitive information. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-3859. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Undertow (unknown version). Affected is an unknown code block of the component HTTP2 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a invocation of process using visible sensitive information vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-214. A process is invoked with sensitive command-line arguments, environment variables, or other elements that can be seen by other processes on the operating system. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in Undertow that tripped the client-side invocation timeout with certain calls made over HTTP2. This flaw allows an attacker to carry out denial of service attacks.

The weakness was presented 08/27/2022. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-3859 since 10/05/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211908 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.11 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:10207)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch e43f0ada3f4da6e8579e0020cec3cb1a81e487c2 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211908). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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Class: Invocation of process using visible sensitive information
CWE: CWE-214
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211908
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.11 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:10207)

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: e43f0ada3f4da6e8579e0020cec3cb1a81e487c2

Timelineinfo

10/05/2021 🔍
08/27/2022 +326 days 🔍
08/27/2022 +0 days 🔍
11/28/2024 +824 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: e43f0ada3f4da6e8579e0020cec3cb1a81e487c2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-3859 (🔍)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-3859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207408

Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2022 08:08
Updated: 11/28/2024 08:37
Changes: 08/27/2022 08:08 (39), 10/02/2022 14:18 (1), 10/02/2022 14:23 (11), 11/28/2024 08:37 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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