RHEL 5 / 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 (RHSA-2018:2664)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117398

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2664 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 is a platform for Java applications based on jbossas.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for RichFaces and Apache CXF packages in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Security Fix(es):

* Injection of arbitrary EL expressions allows remote code execution via org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource. (CVE-2018-12533)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2664.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117398

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2664.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/10/2018

Updated: 11/5/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-ui, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-root, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-cdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-framework

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: 9/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12533

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2018:2664

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