The default configuration of the JBossAs component in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBossEAP or EAP), possibly 4.2 before CP04 and 4.3 before CP02, when a production environment is enabled, sets the DownloadServerClasses property to true, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (non-EJB classes) via a download request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3273.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 4.2 packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as JBEAP 4.2.0.CP04.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete, simple enterprise solution.

This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 serves as a replacement to JBEAP 4.2.0.CP03.

These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements which are detailed in the release notes. The link to the release notes is available below in the References section.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

The default security policy in the JULI logging component did not restrict access permissions to files. This could be misused by untrusted web applications to access and write arbitrary files in the context of the tomcat process. (CVE-2007-5342)

The property that controls the download of server classes was set to 'true' in the 'production' configuration. When the class download service is bound to an external interface, a remote attacker was able to download arbitrary class files from the server class path.
(CVE-2008-3519)

Warning: before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP 'server/[configuration]/deploy/' directory, and any other customized configuration files.

All users of JBEAP 4.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 4.2 packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as JBEAP 4.2.0.CP04.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete, simple enterprise solution.

This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 serves as a replacement to JBEAP 4.2.0.CP03.

These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements which are detailed in the release notes. The link to the release notes is available below in the References section.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

The default security policy in the JULI logging component did not restrict access permissions to files. This could be misused by untrusted web applications to access and write arbitrary files in the context of the tomcat process. (CVE-2007-5342)

The property that controls the download of server classes was set to 'true' in the 'production' configuration. When the class download service is bound to an external interface, a remote attacker was able to download arbitrary class files from the server class path.
(CVE-2008-3519)

Warning: before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP 'server/[configuration]/deploy/' directory, and any other customized configuration files.

All users of JBEAP 4.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 4.3 packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as JBEAP 4.3.0.CP02.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete, simple enterprise solution.

This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 serves as a replacement to JBEAP 4.3.0.CP01.

These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements which are detailed in the release notes. The link to the release notes is available below in the References section.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

The default security policy in the JULI logging component did not restrict access permissions to files. This could be misused by untrusted web applications to access and write arbitrary files in the context of the tomcat process. (CVE-2007-5342)

The property that controls the download of server classes was set to 'true' in the 'production' configuration. When the class download service is bound to an external interface, a remote attacker was able to download arbitrary class files from the server class path.
(CVE-2008-3519)

Warning: before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP 'server/[configuration]/deploy/' directory, and any other customized configuration files.

All users of JBEAP 4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 4.3 packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as JBEAP 4.3.0.CP02.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete, simple enterprise solution.

This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 serves as a replacement to JBEAP 4.3.0.CP01.

These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements which are detailed in the release notes. The link to the release notes is available below in the References section.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

The default security policy in the JULI logging component did not restrict access permissions to files. This could be misused by untrusted web applications to access and write arbitrary files in the context of the tomcat process. (CVE-2007-5342)

The property that controls the download of server classes was set to 'true' in the 'production' configuration. When the class download service is bound to an external interface, a remote attacker was able to download arbitrary class files from the server class path.
(CVE-2008-3519)

Warning: before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP 'server/[configuration]/deploy/' directory, and any other customized configuration files.

All users of JBEAP 4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

The version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) running on the remote host allows attackers to download '.class' files.  These files can be easily decompiled using a tool such as 'jad'.  The attacker would then have access to the source code which could lead to more sophisticated attacks.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
63867	RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2008:0834)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
63866	RHEL 4 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2008:0833)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
63865	RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2008:0832)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
63864	RHEL 4 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2008:0831)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
4689	JBoss EAP < 4.2.0.CP04 / 4.3.0.CP02 Status Servlet Information Disclosure	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Servers	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2008-3519

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

medium

medium