Multiple vulnerabilities in Wildfly

Published: 2023-10-19 | Updated: 2024-12-06

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-3635 CVE-2023-44487
CWE-ID	CWE-681 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Vulnerability #2 is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software	Wildfly Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications
Vendor	Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

EUVDB-ID: #VU80783

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3635

CWE-ID: CWE-681 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to GzipSource does not handle an exception that might be raised when parsing a malformed gzip buffer. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wildfly: 7.0.0 - 29.0.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/releases/tag/30.0.0.Final

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU81728

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44487

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes