RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2017:0245)

high Nessus Plugin ID 112252

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0245 advisory.

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

* It was discovered that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own. (CVE-2016-6816)

* An EAP feature to download server log files allows logs to be available via GET requests making them vulnerable to cross-origin attacks. An attacker could trigger the user's browser to request the log files consuming enough resources that normal server functioning could be impaired. (CVE-2016-8627)

* It was discovered that when configuring RBAC and marking information as sensitive, users with a Monitor role are able to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

The CVE-2016-8627 issue was discovered by Darran Lofthouse (Red Hat) and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat).

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:0245.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112252

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-0245.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2018

Updated: 3/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8656

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-xts, 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-transactions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-webservices, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-system-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hornetq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-appclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-core-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:infinispan-client-hotrod, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-cxf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-deployment-repository, 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:jboss-as-client-all, 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:jbossas-appclient, 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-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:infinispan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:infinispan-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-weld, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-clustering, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:infinispan-cachestore-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-remoting, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy, 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-jaxrs, 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-sar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-configadmin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-domain-management, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-domain, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-ejb-client, 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-jsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-javadocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-modcluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-connector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-bundles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-threads, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-host-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-pojo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-product-eap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-standalone, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee-deployment, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi-service, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-process-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jacorb, 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:jboss-as-ejb3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-management-client-content, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-console

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6816, CVE-2016-7061, CVE-2016-8627, CVE-2016-8656

CWE: 200, 284, 400, 444

RHSA: 2017:0245

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