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Status published
High
CVE-2023-1973
Undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in Undertow package. Using the FormAuthenticationMechanism, a malicious user could trigger a Denial of Service by sending crafted requests, leading the server to an OutofMemory error, exhausting the server's memory.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1973
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185662
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Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 9
Vulnerable Versions:
0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 7th, 2024
Last Modified:
November 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H