RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:2500)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87044

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated packages for the Apache commons-collections library for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4, which fix one security issue, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

It was found that the Apache commons-collections library permitted code execution when deserializing objects involving a specially constructed chain of classes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using the commons-collections library. (CVE-2015-7501)

Further information about this security flaw may be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected apache-commons-collections-eap6 package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2500

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7501

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87044

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-2500.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2015

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-collections-eap6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 11/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7501

RHSA: 2015:2500