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CVE-2023-3171
Eap-7: heap exhaustion via deserialization
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.
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
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Affected Vendor
Red Hat
View all reports →Affected Software
EAP 7.4.13, 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
Vulnerable Versions:
0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el8eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el8eap, 0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el9eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el9eap, 0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el7eap, 0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el7eap, 0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 27th, 2023
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 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
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.