RHEL 5 / 6 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 (RHSA-2018:3517)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118943

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3517 advisory.

- RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)

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 JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3517.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?27ad7430

http://www.nessus.org/u?2a380611

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639139

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640767

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3517

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118943

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3517.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14667

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14667

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2018:3517