In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-032288 advisory.

    In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a     large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2025:9582 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 7.1.11 serves as a     replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.10, and includes bug fixes and     enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.11 Release Notes for information     about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: special character in query results in server errors [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2020-27782)

    * wildfly: unsafe deserialization in Wildfly Enterprise Java Beans [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2020-10740)

    * libthrift: potential DoS when processing untrusted payloads [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2020-13949)

    * netty-all: netty-codec: SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length and may buffer skippable chunks     in an unnecessary way [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2021-37137)

    * hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both hibernate.use_sql_comments and JPQL String     literals are used [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2020-25638)

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL - WFSSL-51 - Memory leak with     mutual authentication and OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    * netty-all: netty-codec: Bzip2Decoder doesn't allow setting size restrictions for decompressed data     [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2021-37136)

    * jackson-databind: denial of service via a large depth of nested objects [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2020-36518)

    * eap: JBoss EAP: wildfly-elytron has a SSRF security issue [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2024-1233)

    * keycloak: org.keycloak.protocol.oidc: unvalidated cross-origin messages in checkLoginIframe leads to     DDoS [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2024-1249)

    * undertow: Server identity in https connection is not checked by the undertow client [eap-7.1.z]     (CVE-2022-4492)

    * undertow: AJP Request closes connection exceeding maxRequestSize [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2023-5379)

    * undertow: potential security issue in flow control over HTTP/2 may lead to DOS(incomplete fix for     CVE-2021-3629) [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2022-1259)

    * wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator [eap-7.1.z] (CVE-2022-3143)

    * jakarta-el: ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluate [eap-7.1.z]     (CVE-2021-28170)

    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.

  - In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a     large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service. (CVE-2020-13949)

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

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a
    large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service. (CVE-2020-13949)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202107-32 (Apache Thrift: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Thrift. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

According to the version of the isula-sec package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients     could send short messages which would result in a large     memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of     service.(CVE-2020-13949)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
340614	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070-8ae / 20.1070e Security Update: thrift (UTSA-2026-032288)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
240506	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.11 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:9582)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
223226	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13949	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
414790	SCA: security update for org.apache.thrift:libthrift (GHSA-g2fg-mr77-6vrm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
414790	SCA: security update for org.apache.thrift:libthrift (GHSA-g2fg-mr77-6vrm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
407333	Alpine: multiple libthrift packages, multiple thrift packages: security update to 0.14.0-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
407333	Alpine: multiple libthrift packages, multiple thrift packages: security update to 0.14.0-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
157019	GLSA-202107-32 : Apache Thrift: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
150189	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : isula-sec (EulerOS-SA-2021-1928)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
150169	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : isula-sec (EulerOS-SA-2021-1949)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high

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