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Red Hat JBoss EAP: (CVE-2022-23437)

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Red Hat JBoss EAP: (CVE-2022-23437)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/24/2022
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/10/2023
Modified
04/10/2023

Description

There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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