A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly OpenSSL in versions prior to 1.1.3.Final, where it removes an HTTP session. It may allow the attacker to cause OOM leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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

  - A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly OpenSSL in versions prior to 1.1.3.Final, where it removes an HTTP
    session. It may allow the attacker to cause OOM leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from
    this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-25644)

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 remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5342 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 7.3.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external     entity (CVE-2020-25649)

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

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    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-2020:5340 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 7.3.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external     entity (CVE-2020-25649)

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

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    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-2020:5341 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 7.3.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    * jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external     entity (CVE-2020-25649)

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

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    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 / 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4922 advisory.

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

    This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for Red     Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4256 advisory.

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

    This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for Red     Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wildfly-openssl: memory leak per HTTP session creation in WildFly OpenSSL (CVE-2020-25644)

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
433125	SCA: security update for org.wildfly.openssl:wildfly-openssl-natives-parent (GHSA-hxj4-885f-grgp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
433125	SCA: security update for org.wildfly.openssl:wildfly-openssl-natives-parent (GHSA-hxj4-885f-grgp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	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	high
143474	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 (RHSA-2020:5342)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
143473	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 (RHSA-2020:5340)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
143472	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4 (RHSA-2020:5341)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
142455	RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 (RHSA-2020:4922)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
141458	RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 (RHSA-2020:4256)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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