A flaw was found in Undertow when using Remoting as shipped in Red Hat Jboss EAP before version 7.2.4. A memory leak in HttpOpenListener due to holding remote connections indefinitely may lead to denial of service. Versions before undertow 2.0.25.SP1 and jboss-remoting 5.0.14.SP1 are believed to be vulnerable.
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jboss-remoting | Redhat | * | 5.0.14 (excluding) |
| Jboss-remoting | Redhat | 5.0.14 (including) | 5.0.14 (including) |
| Jboss_enterprise_application_platform | Redhat | * | 7.2.4 (excluding) |
| Undertow | Redhat | * | 2.0.25 (excluding) |
| Undertow | Redhat | 2.0.25 (including) | 2.0.25 (including) |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0 | RedHat | undertow | * |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery | RedHat | undertow | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Undertow | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.