RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:1669)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85643

Synopsis

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

Description

An updated Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3 package that fixes a security issue, several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 and includes bug fixes and enhancements.
Documentation for these changes is available from the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3 Release Notes, linked to in the References.

The following security issue is also fixed with this release :

It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink IDP ignores role based authorization. This could lead to an authenticated user being able to access application resources that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1669

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-3158

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85643

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1669.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/26/2015

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glassfish-jsf-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-core-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-envers-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-infinispan-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hornetq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-appclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-client-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-clustering, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-cmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-configadmin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-connector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-controller-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-core-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-deployment-repository, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-deployment-scanner, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-domain-http, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-domain-management, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ee-deployment, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-ejb3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-host-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jacorb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jaxr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jaxrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jdr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jpa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-jsr77, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-management-client-content, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-messaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-modcluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-naming, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi-configadmin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-osgi-service, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-picketlink, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-platform-mbean, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-pojo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-process-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-protocol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-remoting, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-sar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-system-jmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-threads, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-transactions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-webservices, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-weld, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-as-xts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-hal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-appclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-bundles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-domain, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-javadocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-modules-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-product-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-standalone, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-welcome-content-eap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossweb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:picketlink-bindings, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:picketlink-federation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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: 8/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3158

RHSA: 2015:1669