RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3 security update on RHEL 8 (Moderate) (RHSA-2020:4245)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141457

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4245 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.2 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

* picketbox: JBoss EAP reload to admin-only mode allows authentication bypass (CVE-2020-14299)

* wildfly: XML validation manipulation due to incomplete application of use-grammar-pool-only in xercesImpl (CVE-2020-14338)

* xnio: file descriptor leak caused by growing amounts of NIO Selector file handles may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-14340)

* cxf: JMX integration is vulnerable to a MITM attack (CVE-2020-1954)

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 Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4245.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141457

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4245.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14338

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1954

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-commons-codec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-restat-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jgroups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-service-extensions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-restat-bridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-picketbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap6.4-to-eap7.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-jts-idlj, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-commons-lang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-commons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-invocation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-velocity, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-cxf-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-velocity-engine-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-core-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly16.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hibernate-entitymanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hibernate-envers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly13.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hibernate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-httpcomponents-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-picketlink-wildfly8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-restat-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-xnio-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.2-to-eap7.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly17.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-ra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-jts-integration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-pkix, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-elytron, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-txframework, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-snakeyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hibernate-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly10.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-artemis-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-artemis-native-wildfly, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly18.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-journal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-xerces-j2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap6.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-restat-integration, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-ws-commons-xmlschema, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-transaction-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly15.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-glassfish-jsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.3-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-undertow, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-picketbox-infinispan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jberet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-compensations, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-store, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hal-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly14.0-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-cxf-rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-picketlink-bindings, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jberet-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-jbosstxbridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-prov, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-dto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-hibernate-java8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-httpcomponents-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jboss-logmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-cxf-services, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-apache-cxf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-narayana-jbossxts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-activemq-artemis-selector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-javadocs

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: 10/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14299, CVE-2020-14338, CVE-2020-14340, CVE-2020-1954

CWE: 20, 200, 287, 400

RHSA: 2020:4245

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