Bug 1638391 (CVE-2018-12541)

Summary: CVE-2018-12541 vertx: WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation holds the entire http request in memory before the handshake
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: avibelli, bgeorges, jbalunas, jpallich, jshepherd, krathod, lthon, mszynkie, pgallagh, rruss, trogers
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-10-11 12:57:38 UTC 
It was found that the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/2648

References:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539170

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/commit/269a583330695d1418a4f5578f7169350b2e1332
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-18 08:14:54 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes (text-only advisories)

Via RHSA-2018:2946 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946
Comment 3 Joshua Padman 2019-05-15 22:21:51 UTC 
This vulnerability is out of security support scope for the following products:
 * Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6

Please refer to https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes for more details.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-28 15:54:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0

Via RHSA-2020:3192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3192