High severity · published Nov 7, 2024
CVE-2023-1973
Undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Undertow package. Using the FormAuthenticationMechanism, a malicious user could trigger a Denial of Service by sending crafted requests, leading the server to an OutofMemory error, exhausting the server's memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1973
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1973
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764
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