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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2018-1336)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2018-1336)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/02/2018
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-6_4_21

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