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TI-2020-11252 Aliases CVE-2020-14384GHSA-8793-frgg-7jvv

Uncontrolled resource consumption in JBossWeb

Priority LOW 36CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A flaw was found in JBossWeb in versions before 7.5.31.Final-redhat-3. The fix for CVE-2020-13935 was incomplete in JBossWeb, leaving it vulnerable to a denial of service attack when sending multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01356 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—JBossWebJBossWeb versions before 7.5.31.Final-redhat-3—No fix listedCNA
  • JBossWeb Vendor— Affected JBossWeb versions before 7.5.31.Final-redhat-3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jbossweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.5.31.final-redhat-3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jbossweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.5.31.final-redhat-3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:5460 Released 2022-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server jboss-as-appclient-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-cli-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-client-all-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el7 +47
  • RHSA-2022:5459 Released 2022-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server jboss-as-appclient-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el6, jboss-as-cli-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el6, jboss-as-client-all-7.5.24-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep6.el6 +47
  • RHSA-2022:5458 Released 2022-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 security update
    • EAP 6.4.24 release
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2020:3730 Released 2020-09-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server jbossweb-7.5.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep6.el5
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server jbossweb-7.5.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep6.el6
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server jbossweb-7.5.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep6.el7
  • RHSA-2020:3731 Released 2020-09-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
EAP 6.4.24 releaseFixed RHSA-2022:5458
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4Fixed RHSA-2020:3731
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:3730
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:3730, RHSA-2022:5459
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:3730, RHSA-2022:5460

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14384
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8793-frgg-7jvv

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-08941 Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat jbossas KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-01790 JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-09342 Unrestricted file upload in Apache Tomcat KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-01383 The Web Console (aka web-console) in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-09354 XML external entity injection in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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