Bug 1067268 – CVE-2014-0086 JBoss RichFaces: remote denial of service via memory exhaustion

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Bug 1067268 - (CVE-2014-0086) CVE-2014-0086 JBoss RichFaces: remote denial of service via memory exhaustion

Summary:	CVE-2014-0086 JBoss RichFaces: remote denial of service via memory exhaustion

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-0086

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Reopened, Security

Depends On:	1071050 1081272
Blocks:	1065496 1067269 1082921 1082938
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Reported:	2014-02-19 23:17 EST by David Jorm
Modified:	2016-01-21 15:29 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that certain malformed requests caused RichFaces to leak memory. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to send a large number of malformed requests to a RichFaces application that uses the Atmosphere framework, leading to a denial of service (excessive memory consumption) on the application server.
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Last Closed:	2016-01-21 15:29:02 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0335	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.5.0 update	2014-03-26 16:35:43 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1009	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 update	2015-05-14 15:14:47 EDT

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Description David Jorm 2014-02-19 23:17:07 EST

It was found that certain malformed requests caused RichFaces to leak memory. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to send a large number of malformed requests to a RichFaces application that uses the Atmosphere framework, leading to a denial of service (excessive memory consumption) on the application server.

Comment 1 David Jorm 2014-02-19 23:18:33 EST

Upstream bug:

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-13250

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-03-26 12:36:02 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.5.0

Via RHSA-2014:0335 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0335.html

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-05-14 11:16:20 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Portal 6.2.0

Via RHSA-2015:1009 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1009.html

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