Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.3 HTTP Management Interface Large Header memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP Management Interface. The manipulation as part of Large Header results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-5220. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform up to 6.4.3 (Application Server Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Management Interface. The manipulation as part of a Large Header leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The Web Console in Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 6.4.4 and WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large request header.

The weakness was released 10/15/2015 by Aaron Ogburn and Jason Greene as RHSA-2015:1908-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-5220 since 07/01/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86411 (RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:1904)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11711 (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 6.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86411) and SecurityTracker (ID 1033859†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-78874 and VDB-78875. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86411
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:1904)
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OpenVAS ID: 801622
OpenVAS Name: Red Hat JBoss EAP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux)
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Upgrade: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1908-01
Researcher: Aaron Ogburn, Jason Greene
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5220 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5220
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78876
SecurityTracker: 1033859

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2015 10:34
Updated: 06/25/2022 04:57
Changes: 10/25/2015 10:34 (59), 02/17/2018 09:54 (12), 06/25/2022 04:57 (3)
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