Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting eap7-apache-cxf-services package, versions <0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EAP7APACHECXFSERVICES-8744901
  • published24 Feb 2025
  • disclosed12 Dec 2022

Introduced: 12 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-41881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 eap7-apache-cxf-services to version 0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:1746.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eap7-apache-cxf-services package and not the eap7-apache-cxf-services package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Netty project is an event-driven asynchronous network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.86.Final, a StackOverflowError can be raised when parsing a malformed crafted message due to an infinite recursion. This issue is patched in version 4.1.86.Final. There is no workaround, except using a custom HaProxyMessageDecoder.

CVSS Scores

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