Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting jboss-as-system-jmx package, versions <0:7.5.14-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.34% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JBOSSASSYSTEMJMX-3582375
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2015

Introduced: 6 Feb 2015

CVE-2017-6056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 jboss-as-system-jmx to version 0:7.5.14-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0828.

NVD Description

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

It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not backporting the fix for Tomcat bug 57544. Distributions affected by this backporting issue include Debian (before 7.0.56-3+deb8u8 and 8.0.14-1+deb8u7 in jessie) and Ubuntu.