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RHEL 5 / 6 : jbossweb (RHSA-2013:1193)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69778

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated jbossweb package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important 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.

JBoss Web is the web container, based on Apache Tomcat, in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. It provides a single deployment platform for the JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet technologies.

A flaw was found in the way the DiskFileItem class handled NULL characters in file names. A remote attacker able to supply a serialized instance of the DiskFileItem class, which will be deserialized on a server, could use this flaw to write arbitrary content to any location on the server that is accessible to the user running the application server process. (CVE-2013-2185)

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated package. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected jbossweb package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1193

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2185

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69778

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1193.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossweb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2185

RHSA: 2013:1193