RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 (RHSA-2020:3383)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139460

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-2020:3383 advisory.

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

This asynchronous patch is an update for 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):

* jbossweb: tomcat: multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-13935)

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-2020:3383.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0d8214e9

http://www.nessus.org/u?5667c3e8

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3383

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1857024

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139460

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3383.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2020

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13935

CWE: 400

IAVA: 2020-A-0316-S

RHSA: 2020:3383