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CVE-2023-3223

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Published: Sep 27, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3223
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/789.html

A flaw was found in undertow. Servlets annotated with @MultipartConfig may cause an OutOfMemoryError due to large multipart content. This may allow unauthorized users to cause remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack. If the server uses fileSizeThreshold to limit the file size, its possible to bypass the limit by setting the file name in the request to null.

Weakness

The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
UndertowRedhat*2.2.24 (excluding)
Red Hat Fuse 7.12.1RedHatundertow*
Red Hat Fuse 7.13.0RedHatundertow*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application PlatformRedHatio.undertow/undertow-core:2.2.25.SP3-redhat-00001*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-artemis-native-1:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.5.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jsoup-0:1.14.2-1.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-14.SP13_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-wildfly-0:7.1.10-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-woodstox-core-0:5.0.3-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-xml-security-0:2.0.10-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-annotations-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-core-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-databind-0:2.10.4-5.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-jaxrs-providers-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-modules-base-0:2.10.4-5.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jackson-modules-java8-0:2.10.4-2.redhat_00006.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-16.Final_redhat_00017.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-netty-0:4.1.63-5.Final_redhat_00003.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-undertow-0:2.0.41-4.SP5_redhat_00001.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-wildfly-0:7.3.14-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7RedHateap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8RedHateap7-undertow-0:2.2.25-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9RedHateap7-undertow-0:2.2.25-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el9eap*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7RedHateap7-undertow-0:2.2.25-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap*
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.5RedHatundertow*
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7RedHatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso*
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8RedHatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso*
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9RedHatrh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso*
RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersRedHatrh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-27*
UndertowUbuntubionic*
UndertowUbuntufocal*
UndertowUbuntuoracular*
UndertowUbuntuplucky*
UndertowUbuntutrusty*
UndertowUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

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