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JBoss HSQLDB Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

A remote command-injection vulnerability has been reported in JBoss. The issue is reportedly exposed via the HSQLDB component, which is a SQL database server that manages JMS connections. Because of a number of flaws, an attacker can pass commands to the HSQLDB component via the port it listens on. Note that the port may vary between versions; by default it is 1701/TCP for JBoss 3.2.1 and 1476/TCP for 3.0.8.

Attackers can exploit this issue to mount a number of attacks, including execution of database commands, denial-of-service attacks, log manipulation, information disclosure, and execution of operating system commands on some supported platforms.

This issue is reported to exist with JBoss 3.2.1/3.0.8 on any Java 1.4.x-enabled platforms. Other versions may also be affected.