The servlets invoked by httpha-invoker in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform before 5.1.2, SOA Platform before 5.2.0, BRMS Platform before 5.3.0, and Portal Platform before 4.3 CP07 perform access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a request with a different method. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-0738 regression.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 packages that fix two security issues, various bugs, and add several enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications, which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam. OpenID4Java allows you to implement OpenID authentication in your Java applications. OpenID4Java is a Technology Preview.

This JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1.

These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes. The Release Notes will be available shortly from https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

It was found that the invoker servlets, deployed by default via httpha-invoker, only performed access control on the HTTP GET and POST methods, allowing remote attackers to make unauthenticated requests by using different HTTP methods. Due to the second layer of authentication provided by a security interceptor, this issue is not exploitable on default installations unless an administrator has misconfigured the security interceptor or disabled it. (CVE-2011-4085)

It was found that the Attribute Exchange (AX) extension of OpenID4Java was not checking to ensure attributes were signed. If AX was being used to receive information that an application only trusts the identity provider to assert, a remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and compromise the integrity of the information via a specially crafted request. By default, only the JBoss Seam openid example application uses OpenID4Java.
(CVE-2011-4314)

Warning: Before applying this update, back up the 'jboss-as/server/[PROFILE]/deploy/' directory and any other customized configuration files of your JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

All users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.
The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1799 advisory.

    JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications,     which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss Hibernate and     JBoss Seam. OpenID4Java allows you to implement OpenID authentication in     your Java applications. OpenID4Java is a Technology Preview.

    This JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 release for Red Hat     Enterprise Linux 5 serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Application     Platform 5.1.1.

    These updated packages include bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to     the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 Release Notes for     information on the most significant of these changes. The Release Notes     will be available shortly from     https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html

    The following security issues are also fixed with this release:

    It was found that the invoker servlets, deployed by default via     httpha-invoker, only performed access control on the HTTP GET and POST     methods, allowing remote attackers to make unauthenticated requests by     using different HTTP methods. Due to the second layer of authentication     provided by a security interceptor, this issue is not exploitable on     default installations unless an administrator has misconfigured the     security interceptor or disabled it. (CVE-2011-4085)

    It was found that the Attribute Exchange (AX) extension of OpenID4Java was     not checking to ensure attributes were signed. If AX was being used to     receive information that an application only trusts the identity provider     to assert, a remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct     man-in-the-middle attacks and compromise the integrity of the information     via a specially-crafted request. By default, only the JBoss Seam openid     example application uses OpenID4Java. (CVE-2011-4314)

    Warning: Before applying this update, back up the     jboss-as/server/[PROFILE]/deploy/ directory and any other customized     configuration files of your JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

    All users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1 on Red Hat     Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. The     JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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-2011:1798 advisory.

  - Invoker servlets authentication bypass (HTTP verb tampering) (CVE-2011-4085)

  - openid4java (AX extension): MITM due to improper validation of AX attribute signatures (CVE-2011-4314)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
64013	RHEL 4 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2011:1800)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
64012	RHEL 5 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 update (Low) (RHSA-2011:1799)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
64011	RHEL 6 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 update (Low) (RHSA-2011:1798)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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CVE-2011-4085

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Tenable Plugins

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