RHEL 4 / 5 : jbossweb (RHSA-2008:0877)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63868

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated jbossweb package that fixes various security issues is now available for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) 4.2 and 4.3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

JBoss Web Server (jbossweb) is an enterprise ready web server designed for medium and large applications, is based on Apache Tomcat, and is embedded into JBoss Application Server. It provides organizations with a single deployment platform for JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet technologies, Microsoft(r) .NET, PHP, and CGI.

A traversal vulnerability was discovered when using a RequestDispatcher in combination with a servlet or JSP. A remote attacker could utilize a specially crafted request parameter to access protected web resources. (CVE-2008-2370)

An additional traversal vulnerability was discovered when the 'allowLinking' and 'URIencoding' settings were activated. A remote attacker could use a UTF-8-encoded request to extend their privileges and obtain local files accessible to the jbossweb process.
(CVE-2008-2938)

Users of jbossweb should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected jbossweb package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1232

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2370

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2938

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0877

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63868

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0877.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossweb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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: 9/22/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Elliot (Apache Tomcat File Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1232, CVE-2008-2370, CVE-2008-2938

BID: 30494, 30633

CWE: 22, 79

RHSA: 2008:0877