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RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.1 (RHSA-2020:2506)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137324

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2506 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 5.3.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.0, and includes bug fixes, enhancements, and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.

 Security Fix(es):

 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution via session persistence (CVE-2020-9484)

 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2506.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?81dea2db

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2506

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1838332

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137324

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2506.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2020

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-native, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 6/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9484

CWE: 502

IAVA: 2020-A-0225-S, 2020-A-0324

RHSA: 2020:2506