RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 (RHSA-2020:1478)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135686

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1478 advisory.

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

This asynchronous patch is a security update for the Apache Tomcat package in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 are advised to upgrade to this updated package.

Security Fix(es):

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, see 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 6.4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1478.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135686

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1478.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/16/2020

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossweb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 4/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1938

CWE: 285

IAVB: 2020-B-0010-S

RHSA: 2020:1478

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