RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0.1 (RHSA-2024:1324)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192195

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0.1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1324 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 6.0.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0.0.
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):

* tomcat: HTTP request smuggling via malformed trailer headers (CVE-2023-46589)

* tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication (CVE-2023-41080)

* tomcat: : Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS (CVE-2024-24549)

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 6.0.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1324.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192195

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1324.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2024

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: 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:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46589

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-jsp-3.1-api

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: 3/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41080, CVE-2023-46589, CVE-2024-24549

CWE: 20, 444, 601

RHSA: 2024:1324

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