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CVE-2023-3171 Details

Description

A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213639	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213639	[email protected]	Issue Tracking

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-770	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling	[email protected]
CWE-789	Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat jboss enterprise application platform	7.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:-::::text-only::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	7.0 8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 4, 2024	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2023	New CVE Received	[email protected]