Jboss Enterprise Application PlatformApplication · Redhat
CVE-2013-4213
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.1.0 does not properly cache EJB invocations by the EJB client API, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions by using an EJB client.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceJBoss EAP 6.1.0 contains a flaw in its EJB client API where invocations are not properly cached with correct session association. This improper caching can allow a remote attacker using an EJB client to hijack sessions by intercepting or replaying cached invocation data.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Jboss Enterprise Application PlatformApplication
= 6.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed JBoss EAP versionCheck the version file in the JBoss installation directory, typically found in $JBOSS_HOME/VERSION or by inspecting the jboss-modules.jar version metadata. You can also check the output of 'java -jar jboss-modules.jar -version' or review the pom.xml files in the installation.Affected if The version is exactly 6.1.0 (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform)
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Determine if EJB client functionality is in useReview your application configuration and codebase for EJB client API usage. Look for references to 'jboss-ejb-client.properties' file or javax.ejb.* client-side classes in deployed applications. Check application logs for EJB invocation patterns.Affected if EJB client API is being used to invoke remote Enterprise JavaBeans
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Inspect EJB client session caching configurationCheck for the presence and configuration of 'jboss-ejb-client.properties' in the classpath or application configuration. Look for properties related to 'invocation.timeout', 'connection.timeout', or session pooling. Also inspect any custom EJB client context configuration.Affected if Session or invocation caching is enabled in the EJB client configuration, allowing cached invocation data to be replayed or intercepted
If you are running JBoss EAP 6.1.0 and using the EJB client API with session caching enabled, your environment is affected by this vulnerability and cached invocations could be hijacked.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the JBoss security update for CVE-2013-4213 or upgrade to a patched version of JBoss EAP; review EJB client session management configurations for additional hardening.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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