RHEL 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6.0 Security (Important) (RHSA-2021:4861)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155756

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4861 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 5.6.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0.
This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* tomcat: OutOfMemoryError caused by HTTP upgrade connection leak could lead to DoS (CVE-2021-42340)
* tomcat: HTTP request smuggling when used with a reverse proxy (CVE-2021-33037)
* tomcat: JNDI realm authentication weakness (CVE-2021-30640)

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155756

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4861.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/1/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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-java-jdk8, 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, 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-java-jdk11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-vault, 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-vault-javadoc, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-23841, CVE-2021-30640, CVE-2021-33037, CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2021-42340

CWE: 125, 190, 287, 444, 476, 772

IAVA: 2021-A-0303-S, 2021-A-0479-S

RHSA: 2021:4861

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