The serialization implementation in JBoss Drools in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP09 and JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2 and 4.3 supports the embedding of class files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted static initializer.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0938 advisory.

    JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for     innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss     Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete,     simple enterprise solution.

    This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 serves as a     replacement to JBEAP 4.3.0.CP08.

    These updated packages include multiple bug fixes which are detailed in the     Release Notes. The Release Notes will be available shortly from the link in     the References section.

    The following security issues are also fixed with this release:

    An input sanitization flaw was found in the way JBoss Drools implemented     certain rule base serialization. If a remote attacker supplied     specially-crafted input to a JBoss Seam based application that accepts     serialized input, it could lead to arbitrary code execution with the     privileges of the JBoss server process. (CVE-2010-3708)

    A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) flaw was found in the JMX Console. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to deploy a WAR file of their choosing     on the target server, if they are able to trick a user, who is logged into     the JMX Console as the admin user, into visiting a specially-crafted web     page. (CVE-2010-3878)

    A flaw was found in the JBoss Remoting component. A remote attacker could     use specially-crafted input to cause the JBoss Remoting listeners to become     unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service condition for services     communicating via JBoss Remoting sockets. (CVE-2010-3862)

    Red Hat would like to thank Ole Husgaard of eXerp.com for reporting the     CVE-2010-3862 issue.

    Warning: Before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP     server/[configuration]/deploy/ directory, and any other customized     configuration files.

    All users of JBEAP 4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade     to these updated packages.

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.

Updated JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 4.3 packages that fix three security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as JBEAP 4.3.0.CP09.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is the market leading platform for innovative and scalable Java applications; integrating the JBoss Application Server, with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam into a complete, simple enterprise solution.

This release of JBEAP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 serves as a replacement to JBEAP 4.3.0.CP08.

These updated packages include multiple bug fixes which are detailed in the Release Notes. The Release Notes will be available shortly from the link in the References section.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release :

An input sanitization flaw was found in the way JBoss Drools implemented certain rule base serialization. If a remote attacker supplied specially crafted input to a JBoss Seam based application that accepts serialized input, it could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the JBoss server process.
(CVE-2010-3708)

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) flaw was found in the JMX Console.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to deploy a WAR file of their choosing on the target server, if they are able to trick a user, who is logged into the JMX Console as the admin user, into visiting a specially crafted web page. (CVE-2010-3878)

A flaw was found in the JBoss Remoting component. A remote attacker could use specially crafted input to cause the JBoss Remoting listeners to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service condition for services communicating via JBoss Remoting sockets.
(CVE-2010-3862)

Red Hat would like to thank Ole Husgaard of eXerp.com for reporting the CVE-2010-3862 issue.

Warning: Before applying this update, please backup the JBEAP 'server/[configuration]/deploy/' directory, and any other customized configuration files.

All users of JBEAP 4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
63962	RHEL 5 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0.CP09 update (Important) (RHSA-2010:0938)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
63961	RHEL 4 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2010:0937)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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