RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2023:4506)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179411

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4506 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 7.4.12 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.11 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.12 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

* undertow: OutOfMemoryError due to @MultipartConfig handling (CVE-2023-3223)

* jackson-databind: Possible DoS if using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode (CVE-2021-46877)

* jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray (CVE-2023-1436)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4506.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179411

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4506.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2023

Updated: 11/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3223

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-undertow, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-javadocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-jettison, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-java-jdk17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8

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: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46877, CVE-2023-1436, CVE-2023-3223

CWE: 400, 674, 789

RHSA: 2023:4506

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