The invokeNextValve function in identity/federation/bindings/tomcat/idp/AbstractIDPValve.java in PicketLink before 2.8.0.Beta1 does not properly check role based authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to gain access to restricted application resources via a (1) direct request or (2) request through an SP initiated flow.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1671 advisory.

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

    This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 and includes     bug fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes is available from the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise     Application Platform 6.4.3 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

    It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink     IDP ignores role based authorization.  This could lead to an     authenticated user being able to access application resources     that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 are advised     to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements. 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 this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1670 advisory.

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

    This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 and includes     bug fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes is available from the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise     Application Platform 6.4.3 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

    The following security issue is also fixed with this release:

    It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink     IDP ignores role based authorization.  This could lead to an     authenticated user being able to access application resources     that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are advised     to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements. 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1669 advisory.

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

    This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 and includes     bug fixes and enhancements. Documentation for these changes is available from the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise     Application Platform 6.4.3 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

    The following security issue is also fixed with this release:

    It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink     IDP ignores role based authorization.  This could lead to an     authenticated user being able to access application resources     that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised     to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements. 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An updated jboss-ec2-eap package that that fixes a security issue, fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java EE applications. It is based on JBoss Application Server 7 and incorporates multiple open-source projects to provide a complete Java EE platform solution.

* The jboss-ec2-eap package provides scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). With this update, the package has been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3. (BZ#1228766)

The following security issue is also fixed with this release :

It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink IDP ignores role based authorization. This could lead to an authenticated user being able to access application resources that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

Users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 jboss-ec2-eap are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
112240	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2015:1671)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
85644	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2015:1670)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
85643	RHEL 5 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2015:1669)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
85619	RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap bug fix (RHSA-2015:1673)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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