Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat JBoss Web Server
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-42252 CVE-2022-45143 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-444 CWE-94 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
JBoss Web Server Server applications / Web servers jws5-tomcat (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests
EUVDB-ID: #VU68859
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42252
CWE-ID:
CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers via an invalid
Content-Length header.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks but requires Tomcat to be configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting
rejectIllegalHeader to false (not the default configuration).
Install updates from vendor's website.
JBoss Web Server: 5.7.0 - 5.7.1
jws5-tomcat (Red Hat package): before 9.0.62-13.redhat_00011.1.el7jws
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_web_server:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_web_server:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jws5-tomcat_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1663
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1664
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Code Injection
EUVDB-ID: #VU70666
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45143
CWE-ID:
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to manipulate server output.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the JsonErrorReportValve when handling type, message or description values. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and manipulate or invalidate JSON output.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
JBoss Web Server: 5.7.0 - 5.7.1
jws5-tomcat (Red Hat package): before 9.0.62-13.redhat_00011.1.el7jws
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_web_server:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jboss_web_server:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:jws5-tomcat_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1663
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1664
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
