RHEL 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 2 (RHSA-2019:0451)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122606

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0451 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 Tomcat Servlet container, JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), the PicketLink Vault extension for Apache Tomcat, and the Tomcat Native library.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 2 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 1, and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* tomcat: Insecure defaults in CORS filter enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins (CVE-2018-8014)
* tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client (CVE-2018-8034)

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 5.0 Service Pack 2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0451.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78711562

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0451

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1579611

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

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1069

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1070

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1071

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1072

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1073

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1074

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1080

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1122

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1123

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1153

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1160

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1164

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1281

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1286

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-654

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122606

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0451.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2019

Updated: 11/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2018-8014

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:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-python-javapackages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-javapackages-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-vault, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-ecj, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-native, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-jboss-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-vault-javadoc

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: 3/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8014, CVE-2018-8034

CWE: 20, 284

RHSA: 2019:0451