RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3 (RHSA-2023:3420)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 176682

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3420 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 5.7.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2.
This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)
* openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)
* openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)
* openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)

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 Web Server 5.7.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3420.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea8142d4

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164440

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164487

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164494

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-2933

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3420

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 176682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3420.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-native, 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: 6/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286

CWE: 415, 416, 704

RHSA: 2023:3420