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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2018-1041)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2018-1041)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2018
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
11/20/2019

Description

A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-6_4_19

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