Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration via a vectors related to "wrapping attacks."

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0, and fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

It was found that a prior countermeasure in Apache WSS4J for Bleichenbacher's attack on XML Encryption (CVE-2011-2487) threw an exception that permitted an attacker to determine the failure of the attempted attack, thereby leaving WSS4J vulnerable to the attack. The original flaw allowed a remote attacker to recover the entire plain text form of a symmetric key. (CVE-2015-0226)

A flaw was found in the way PicketLink's Service Provider and Identity Provider handled certain requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to log to a victim's account via PicketLink. (CVE-2015-0277)

It was discovered that a JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially access a private artifact in a tree that would otherwise not be accessible to them. (CVE-2014-8111)

It was found that Apache WSS4J permitted bypass of the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration property via XML Signature wrapping attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to modify the contents of a signed request. (CVE-2015-0227)

It was found that the Command Line Interface, as provided by Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform, created a history file named .jboss-cli-history in the user's home directory with insecure default file permissions. This could allow a malicious local user to gain information otherwise not accessible to them. (CVE-2014-3586)

The CVE-2015-0277 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kotek of Red Hat.

This release of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform also includes bug fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

All users who require JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 should install these new packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0, and fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

It was found that a prior countermeasure in Apache WSS4J for Bleichenbacher's attack on XML Encryption (CVE-2011-2487) threw an exception that permitted an attacker to determine the failure of the attempted attack, thereby leaving WSS4J vulnerable to the attack. The original flaw allowed a remote attacker to recover the entire plain text form of a symmetric key. (CVE-2015-0226)

It was found that Apache WSS4J permitted bypass of the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration property via XML Signature wrapping attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to modify the contents of a signed request. (CVE-2015-0227)

It was discovered that a JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially access a private artifact in a tree that would otherwise not be accessible to them. (CVE-2014-8111)

A flaw was found in the way PicketLink's Service Provider and Identity Provider handled certain requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to log to a victim's account via PicketLink. (CVE-2015-0277)

It was found that the Command Line Interface, as provided by Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform, created a history file named .jboss-cli-history in the user's home directory with insecure default file permissions. This could allow a malicious local user to gain information otherwise not accessible to them. (CVE-2014-3586)

The CVE-2015-0277 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kotek of Red Hat.

This release of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform also includes bug fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

All users who require JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 should install these new 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-2015:0846 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java     applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

    It was found that a prior countermeasure in Apache WSS4J for     Bleichenbacher's attack on XML Encryption (CVE-2011-2487) threw an     exception that permitted an attacker to determine the failure of the     attempted attack, thereby leaving WSS4J vulnerable to the attack.
    The original flaw allowed a remote attacker to recover the entire plain     text form of a symmetric key. (CVE-2015-0226)

    It was found that Apache WSS4J permitted bypass of the     requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration property via XML Signature     wrapping attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to modify the     contents of a signed request. (CVE-2015-0227)

    It was discovered that a JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount     rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially     access a private artifact in a tree that would otherwise not be accessible     to them. (CVE-2014-8111)

    A flaw was found in the way PicketLink's Service Provider and Identity     Provider handled certain requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     log to a victim's account via PicketLink. (CVE-2015-0277)

    It was found that the Command Line Interface, as provided by Red Hat     Enterprise Application Platform, created a history file named     .jboss-cli-history in the user's home directory with insecure default file     permissions. This could allow a malicious local user to gain information     otherwise not accessible to them. (CVE-2014-3586)

    The CVE-2015-0277 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kotek of Red Hat.

    This release of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform also includes bug     fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes will be available     shortly from the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 Release Notes,     linked to in the References.

    All users who require JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 on Red     Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should install these new 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
112239	RHEL 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:0848)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
82896	RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:0847)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
82895	RHEL 5 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 update (Important) (RHSA-2015:0846)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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