A flaw was discovered in Undertow in versions before Undertow 2.1.1.Final where certain requests to the "Expect: 100-continue" header may cause an out of memory error. This flaw may potentially lead to a denial of service.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:16668 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.12 serves as a     replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.11, and includes bug fixes and     enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.12 Release Notes for information     about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * commons-beanutils: Apache Commons BeanUtils: PropertyUtilsBean does not suppresses an enum's     declaredClass property by default (CVE-2025-48734)

    * org.hornetq/hornetq-core-client: Arbitrarily overwrite files or access sensitive information [eap-7.1.z]     (CVE-2024-51127)

    * HTTP-2: httpd: CONTINUATION frames DoS [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2024-27316)

    * undertow: Memory exhaustion issue in HttpReadListener via Expect: 100-continue header [eap-7.1.z]     (CVE-2020-10705)

    * undertow: information leakage via HTTP/2 request header reuse [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2024-4109)

    * undertow: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack)     [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2023-44487)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was discovered in Undertow in versions before Undertow 2.1.1.Final where certain requests to the     Expect: 100-continue header may cause an out of memory error. This flaw may potentially lead to a denial     of service. (CVE-2020-10705)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2513 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * resteasy-jaxrs: resteasy: Improper validation of response header in MediaTypeHeaderDelegate.java class     (CVE-2020-1695)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * resteasy: RESTEASY003870 exception in RESTEasy can lead to a reflected XSS attack (CVE-2020-10688)

    * jackson-databind: Lacks certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking (CVE-2020-8840)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in shaded-hikari-config (CVE-2020-9546)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in ibatis-sqlmap (CVE-2020-9547)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in anteros-core (CVE-2020-9548)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * libthrift: thrift: Endless loop when feed with specific input data (CVE-2019-0205)

    * libthrift: thrift: Out-of-bounds read related to TJSONProtocol or TSimpleJSONProtocol (CVE-2019-0210)

    * wildfly: The 'enabled-protocols' value in legacy security is not respected if OpenSSL security provider     is in use (CVE-2019-14887)

    * jsf-impl: Mojarra: Path traversal via either the loc parameter or the con parameter, incomplete fix of     CVE-2018-14371 (CVE-2020-6950)

    * jsf-impl: mojarra: Path traversal in ResourceManager.java:getLocalePrefix() via the loc parameter     (CVE-2018-14371)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2512 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java     applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * resteasy-jaxrs: resteasy: Improper validation of response header in MediaTypeHeaderDelegate.java class     (CVE-2020-1695)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * resteasy: RESTEASY003870 exception in RESTEasy can lead to a reflected XSS attack (CVE-2020-10688)

    * jackson-databind: Lacks certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking (CVE-2020-8840)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in shaded-hikari-config (CVE-2020-9546)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in ibatis-sqlmap (CVE-2020-9547)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in anteros-core (CVE-2020-9548)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * libthrift: thrift: Endless loop when feed with specific input data (CVE-2019-0205)

    * libthrift: thrift: Out-of-bounds read related to TJSONProtocol or TSimpleJSONProtocol (CVE-2019-0210)

    * wildfly: The 'enabled-protocols' value in legacy security is not respected if OpenSSL security provider     is in use (CVE-2019-14887)

    * jsf-impl: Mojarra: Path traversal via either the loc parameter or the con parameter, incomplete fix of     CVE-2018-14371 (CVE-2020-6950)

    * jsf-impl: mojarra: Path traversal in ResourceManager.java:getLocalePrefix() via the loc parameter     (CVE-2018-14371)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2511 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * resteasy-jaxrs: resteasy: Improper validation of response header in MediaTypeHeaderDelegate.java class     (CVE-2020-1695)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * resteasy: RESTEASY003870 exception in RESTEasy can lead to a reflected XSS attack (CVE-2020-10688)

    * jackson-databind: Lacks certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking (CVE-2020-8840)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in shaded-hikari-config (CVE-2020-9546)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in ibatis-sqlmap (CVE-2020-9547)

    * jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in anteros-core (CVE-2020-9548)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * libthrift: thrift: Endless loop when feed with specific input data (CVE-2019-0205)

    * libthrift: thrift: Out-of-bounds read related to TJSONProtocol or TSimpleJSONProtocol (CVE-2019-0210)

    * wildfly: The 'enabled-protocols' value in legacy security is not respected if OpenSSL security provider     is in use (CVE-2019-14887)

    * jsf-impl: Mojarra: Path traversal via either the loc parameter or the con parameter, incomplete fix of     CVE-2018-14371 (CVE-2020-6950)

    * jsf-impl: mojarra: Path traversal in ResourceManager.java:getLocalePrefix() via the loc parameter     (CVE-2018-14371)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2059 advisory.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.7, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * wildfly: Soteria: security identity corruption across concurrent threads (CVE-2020-1732)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * wildfly: EJBContext principal is not popped back after invoking another EJB using a different Security     Domain (CVE-2020-1719)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * undertow: Memory exhaustion issue in HttpReadListener via Expect:
    100-continue header (CVE-2020-10705)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2060 advisory.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.7, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * wildfly: Soteria: security identity corruption across concurrent threads (CVE-2020-1732)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * wildfly: EJBContext principal is not popped back after invoking another EJB using a different Security     Domain (CVE-2020-1719)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * undertow: Memory exhaustion issue in HttpReadListener via Expect:
    100-continue header (CVE-2020-10705)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2058 advisory.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.7, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page (CVE-2019-17573)

    * smallrye-config: SmallRye: SecuritySupport class is incorrectly public and contains a static method to     access the current threads context class loader (CVE-2020-1729)

    * jackson-databind: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720 (CVE-2019-10172)

    * wildfly: Soteria: security identity corruption across concurrent threads (CVE-2020-1732)

    * undertow: AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1745)

    * cryptacular: excessive memory allocation during a decode operation (CVE-2020-7226)

    * cxf-core: cxf: OpenId Connect token service does not properly validate the clientId (CVE-2019-12423)

    * undertow: servletPath in normalized incorrectly leading to dangerous application mapping which could     result in security bypass (CVE-2020-1757)

    * wildfly: EJBContext principal is not popped back after invoking another EJB using a different Security     Domain (CVE-2020-1719)

    * undertow: invalid HTTP request with large chunk size (CVE-2020-10719)

    * undertow: Memory exhaustion issue in HttpReadListener via Expect: 100-continue header (CVE-2020-10705)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
265920	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.12 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:16668)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
251667	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-10705	Nessus	Misc.	high
137334	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2020:2513)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
137333	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2020:2512)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
137331	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2020:2511)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
136498	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2020:2059)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
136495	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 on RHEL 8 (RHSA-2020:2060)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
136494	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.8 on RHEL 6 (RHSA-2020:2058)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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