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CVE-2014-3661 json

Jenkins Denial of Service vulnerability

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-r5m2-g5gc-q43r , EUVD-2022-5100

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins before 1.583 and LTS before 1.565.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via vectors related to a CLI handshake.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 1.565.3, 1.583
  • jenkins openshift 3.1 1.625.3-2.el7aos
  • heapster openshift 3.1 0.18.2-3.gitaf4752e.el7aos
  • nodejs-rc openshift 3.1 1.1.2-1.el7aos
  • nodejs-got openshift 3.1 5.2.1-1.el7aos
  • nodejs-ini openshift 3.1 1.1.0-6.el7aos
  • nodejs-from openshift 3.1 0.1.3-2.el7aos
  • nodejs-uuid openshift 3.1 2.0.1-1.el7aos
  • nss_wrapper openshift 3.1 1.0.3-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0070RHBA-2014:1630

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3661 updated cvss 5.0

jenkins: denial of service (SECURITY-87)

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 jenkins
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 nss_wrapper 1.0.3-1.el7, openvswitch 2.4.0-1.el7, jenkins 1.625.3-2.el7aos, nodejs-rc 1.1.2-1.el7aos, nodejs-got 5.2.1-1.el7aos, nodejs-ini 1.1.0-6.el7aos, +127 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0070
  • Red Hat RHOSE Node 2.1 jenkins 1.565.3-1.el6op, jenkins-plugin-openshift 0.6.40.1-0.el6op, openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins 1.20.3.5-1.el6op
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2014:1630

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Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
>=1.566, <1.583
<1.565.3
1.583
1.565.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
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References

Sources

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