Red Hat RichFaces 4.3.4/4.3.5/5.0.0 doFilter input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat RichFaces 4.3.4/4.3.5/5.0.0. This issue affects the function doFilter of the component RichFaces. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-0086. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat RichFaces 4.3.4/4.3.5/5.0.0. Affected by this issue is the function doFilter of the component RichFaces. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The doFilter function in webapp/PushHandlerFilter.java in JBoss RichFaces 4.3.4, 4.3.5, and 5.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and out-of-memory error) via a large number of malformed atmosphere push requests.

The weakness was presented 03/31/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at issues.jboss.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0086 since 12/03/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/09/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91368), SecurityFocus (BID 65750†), Secunia (SA57053†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52451†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

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12/03/2013 🔍
02/18/2014 +77 days 🔍
02/21/2014 +3 days 🔍
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03/31/2014 +38 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +358 days 🔍
09/07/2015 +167 days 🔍
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: 8131f15003f5bec73d475d2b724472e4b87d0757
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0086 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0086
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66818
X-Force: 91368
SecurityFocus: 65750 - JBoss RichFaces 'PushHandlerFilter.java' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 57053 - JBoss RichFaces Malformed Push Request Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 52451 - JBoss RichFaces Remote DoS Vulnerability due to an Error in doFilter() in webapp/PushHandlerFilter.java, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/09/2026 08:24
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (56), 12/03/2017 15:23 (6), 02/06/2022 12:39 (4), 02/06/2022 12:46 (1), 05/09/2026 08:24 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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