RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:1550)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100982

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.16 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.15, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was found that the log file viewer in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application 6 and 7 allows arbitrary file read to authenticated user via path traversal. (CVE-2017-2595)

* It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications. (CVE-2016-5018)

* It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet. (CVE-2016-6796)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2016-5018.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2016-6796.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2017-2595.html

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1550.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100982

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1550.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2017

Updated: 10/24/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-threads, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi-service, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jacorb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-management-client-content, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-hal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-picketlink, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-deployment-repository, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-deployment-scanner, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:picketbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-common-api-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-logmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jaxrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-sar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-jdbc-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-domain-management, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-javadocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-spec-api-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-validator-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-core-impl-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-host-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-product-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hornetq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-common-spi-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jgroups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-domain, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-modcluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-core-api-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-connector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-bundles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-marshalling, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-standalone, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-process-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee-deployment, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossweb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-naming, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-platform-mbean, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-deployers-common-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-xts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-transactions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-webservices, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-core-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ironjacamar-common-impl-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jsr77, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-domain-http, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-appclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-remoting, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jpa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-protocol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-controller-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jaxr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jdr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-pojo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ejb3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-system-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-appclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-client-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-messaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi-configadmin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-weld, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-clustering, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-configadmin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-modules-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-welcome-content-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-controller

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5018, CVE-2016-6796, CVE-2017-2595

RHSA: 2017:1550