RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.7 (RHSA-2023:7622)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186675

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.7.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7622 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 5.7.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.6.
This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

* jbcs-httpd24-openssl: OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817)
* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)
* openssl: Certificate policy check not enabled (CVE-2023-0466)
* openssl: Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored (CVE-2023-0465)
* openssl: Denial of service by excessive resource usage in verifying X509 policy constraints (CVE-2023-0464)
* openssl: Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers (CVE-2023-2650)
* tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication (CVE-2023-41080)

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 5.7.7 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7622.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e1bf521

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181082

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182561

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182565

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207947

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224962

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227852

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235370

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7622

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186675

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7622.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2023

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3446

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:9, 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-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps, 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: 12/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-41080

CWE: 400, 601

RHSA: 2023:7622