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CVE-2020-14297: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

May 24, 2022 (updated August 22, 2023)

A flaw was discovered in Wildfly’s EJB Client as shipped with Red Hat JBoss EAP 7, where some specific EJB transaction objects may get accumulated over the time and can cause services to slow down and eventaully unavailable. An attacker can take advantage and cause denial of service attack and make services unavailable.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3141
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3142
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3143
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3144
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3461
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3462
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3463
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3464
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3501
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3539
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3637
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3638
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3639
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3642
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3817
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3140
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14297
  • access.redhat.com/solutions/21906
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1853595
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14297
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcch-9268-59jw
  • github.com/wildfly/jboss-ejb-client/commit/e5f8e4b591f1698a53adc7e430584ca2a8fc9f1b
  • github.com/wildfly/jboss-ejb-client/commits/4.0.34.Final
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14297

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.0.34.final

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.34.Final

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.34.Final or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

maven/org.jboss/jboss-ejb-client/CVE-2020-14297.yml

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