RHEL 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 6 (RHSA-2019:0131)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121325

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 6.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0131 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client (CVE-2018-8034)
* tomcat: Open redirect in default servlet (CVE-2018-11784)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0131.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0131

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1607580

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636512

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1140

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3e77e14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121325

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0131.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2019

Updated: 11/7/2024

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8034

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-lib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-selinux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-el-2.2-api

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: 1/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11784, CVE-2018-8034

CWE: 20, 99

RHSA: 2019:0131