Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.

An update for eap7-jboss-ec2-eap is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7.

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

The eap7-jboss-ec2-eap package provides scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

With this update, the eap7-jboss-ec2-eap package has been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.5.

Refer to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.5 Release Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.(CVE-2016-8656)

* It was found that JBoss EAP 7 Header Cache was inefficient. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack.(CVE-2016-9589)

The CVE-2016-9589 issue was discovered by Gabriel Lavoie (Halogen Software).

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0832 advisory.

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

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.4, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local     privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

    * It was found that JBoss EAP 7 Header Cache was inefficient. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a     denial of service attack. (CVE-2016-9589)

    Red Hat would like to thank Gabriel Lavoie (Halogen Software) for reporting CVE-2016-9589.

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.

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6.

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

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.4, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
(CVE-2016-8656)

* It was found that JBoss EAP 7 Header Cache was inefficient. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack.
(CVE-2016-9589)

Red Hat would like to thank Gabriel Lavoie (Halogen Software) for reporting CVE-2016-9589.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0245 advisory.

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

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are     documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local     privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

    * It was discovered that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This     could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a     different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the     attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests     other then their own. (CVE-2016-6816)

    * An EAP feature to download server log files allows logs to be available via GET requests making them     vulnerable to cross-origin attacks. An attacker could trigger the user's browser to request the log files     consuming enough resources that normal server functioning could be impaired. (CVE-2016-8627)

    * It was discovered that when configuring RBAC and marking information as sensitive, users with a Monitor     role are able to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

    The CVE-2016-8627 issue was discovered by Darran Lofthouse (Red Hat) and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat).

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1609 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation     (CVE-2016-8656)

    * jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8657)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3455 advisory.

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

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A Denial of Service can be caused when a long request is sent to EAP 7. (CVE-2016-7046)

    * The jboss init script unsafe file handling resulting in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

    * A deserialization vulnerability via readValue method of ObjectMapper which allows arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2017-7525)

    * JMSObjectMessage deserializes potentially malicious objects allowing Remote Code Execution.
    (CVE-2016-4978)

    * Undertow is vulnerable to the injection of arbitrary HTTP headers, and also response splitting.
    (CVE-2016-4993)

    * The domain controller will not propagate its administrative RBAC configuration to some slaves leading to     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2016-5406)

    * Internal IP address disclosed on redirect when request header Host field is not set. (CVE-2016-6311)

    * Potential EAP resource starvation DOS attack via GET requests for server log files. (CVE-2016-8627)

    * Inefficient Header Cache could cause denial of service. (CVE-2016-9589)

    * The log file viewer allows arbitrary file read to authenticated user via path traversal. (CVE-2017-2595)

    * HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid characters in HTTP requests.
    (CVE-2017-2666)

    * Websocket non clean close can cause IO thread to get stuck in a loop. (CVE-2017-2670)

    * Privilege escalation with security manager's reflective permissions when granted to Hibernate Validator.
    (CVE-2017-7536)

    * Potential http request smuggling as Undertow parses the http headers with unusual whitespaces.
    (CVE-2017-7559)

    * Properties based files of the management and the application realm are world readable allowing access to     users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system. (CVE-2017-12167)

    * RBAC configuration allows users with a Monitor role to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

    * Improper whitespace parsing leading to potential HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2017-12165)

    Red Hat would like to thank Liao Xinxi (NSFOCUS) for reporting CVE-2017-7525; Calum Hutton (NCC Group) and     Mikhail Egorov (Odin) for reporting CVE-2016-4993; Luca Bueti for reporting CVE-2016-6311; Gabriel Lavoie     (Halogen Software) for reporting CVE-2016-9589; and Gregory Ramsperger and Ryan Moak for reporting     CVE-2017-2670. The CVE-2016-5406 issue was discovered by Tomaz Cerar (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-8627 issue     was discovered by Darran Lofthouse (Red Hat) and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-2666 issue was     discovered by Radim Hatlapatka (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-7536 issue was discovered by Gunnar Morling (Red     Hat); the CVE-2017-7559 and CVE-2017-12165 issues were discovered by Stuart Douglas (Red Hat); and the     CVE-2017-12167 issue was discovered by Brian Stansberry (Red Hat) and Jeremy Choi (Red Hat). Upstream     acknowledges WildFly as the original reporter of CVE-2016-6311.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3454 advisory.

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

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A Denial of Service can be caused when a long request is sent to EAP 7. (CVE-2016-7046)

    * The jboss init script unsafe file handling resulting in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

    * A deserialization vulnerability via readValue method of ObjectMapper which allows arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2017-7525)

    * JMSObjectMessage deserializes potentially malicious objects allowing Remote Code Execution.
    (CVE-2016-4978)

    * Undertow is vulnerable to the injection of arbitrary HTTP headers, and also response splitting.
    (CVE-2016-4993)

    * The domain controller will not propagate its administrative RBAC configuration to some slaves leading to     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2016-5406)

    * Internal IP address disclosed on redirect when request header Host field is not set. (CVE-2016-6311)

    * Potential EAP resource starvation DOS attack via GET requests for server log files. (CVE-2016-8627)

    * Inefficient Header Cache could cause denial of service. (CVE-2016-9589)

    * The log file viewer allows arbitrary file read to authenticated user via path traversal. (CVE-2017-2595)

    * HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid characters in HTTP requests.
    (CVE-2017-2666)

    * Websocket non clean close can cause IO thread to get stuck in a loop. (CVE-2017-2670)

    * Privilege escalation with security manager's reflective permissions when granted to Hibernate Validator.
    (CVE-2017-7536)

    * Potential http request smuggling as Undertow parses the http headers with unusual whitespaces.
    (CVE-2017-7559)

    * Properties based files of the management and the application realm are world readable allowing access to     users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system. (CVE-2017-12167)

    * RBAC configuration allows users with a Monitor role to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

    * Improper whitespace parsing leading to potential HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2017-12165)

    Red Hat would like to thank Liao Xinxi (NSFOCUS) for reporting CVE-2017-7525; Calum Hutton (NCC Group) and     Mikhail Egorov (Odin) for reporting CVE-2016-4993; Luca Bueti for reporting CVE-2016-6311; Gabriel Lavoie     (Halogen Software) for reporting CVE-2016-9589; and Gregory Ramsperger and Ryan Moak for reporting     CVE-2017-2670. The CVE-2016-5406 issue was discovered by Tomaz Cerar (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-8627 issue     was discovered by Darran Lofthouse (Red Hat) and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-2666 issue was     discovered by Radim Hatlapatka (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-7536 issue was discovered by Gunnar Morling (Red     Hat); the CVE-2017-7559 and CVE-2017-12165 issues were discovered by Stuart Douglas (Red Hat); and the     CVE-2017-12167 issue was discovered by Brian Stansberry (Red Hat) and Jeremy Choi (Red Hat). Upstream     acknowledges WildFly as the original reporter of CVE-2016-6311.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3458 advisory.

    The eap7-jboss-ec2-eap packages provide scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running     on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

    With this update, the eap7-jboss-ec2-eap package has been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.

    Refer to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 Release Notes, linked to in the References section,     for information on the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A Denial of Service can be caused when a long request is sent to EAP 7. (CVE-2016-7046)

    * The jboss init script unsafe file handling resulting in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-8656)

    * A deserialization vulnerability via readValue method of ObjectMapper which allows arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2017-7525)

    * JMSObjectMessage deserializes potentially malicious objects allowing Remote Code Execution.
    (CVE-2016-4978)

    * Undertow is vulnerable to the injection of arbitrary HTTP headers, and also response splitting.
    (CVE-2016-4993)

    * The domain controller will not propagate its administrative RBAC configuration to some slaves leading to     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2016-5406)

    * Internal IP address disclosed on redirect when request header Host field is not set. (CVE-2016-6311)

    * Potential EAP resource starvation DOS attack via GET requests for server log files. (CVE-2016-8627)

    * Inefficient Header Cache could cause denial of service. (CVE-2016-9589)

    * The log file viewer allows arbitrary file read to authenticated user via path traversal. (CVE-2017-2595)

    * HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid characters in HTTP requests.
    (CVE-2017-2666)

    * Websocket non clean close can cause IO thread to get stuck in a loop. (CVE-2017-2670)

    * Privilege escalation with security manager's reflective permissions when granted to Hibernate Validator.
    (CVE-2017-7536)

    * Potential http request smuggling as Undertow parses the http headers with unusual whitespaces.
    (CVE-2017-7559)

    * Properties based files of the management and the application realm are world readable allowing access to     users and roles information to all the users logged in to the system. (CVE-2017-12167)

    * RBAC configuration allows users with a Monitor role to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

    * Improper whitespace parsing leading to potential HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2017-12165)

    Red Hat would like to thank Liao Xinxi (NSFOCUS) for reporting CVE-2017-7525; Calum Hutton (NCC Group) and     Mikhail Egorov (Odin) for reporting CVE-2016-4993; Luca Bueti for reporting CVE-2016-6311; Gabriel Lavoie     (Halogen Software) for reporting CVE-2016-9589; and Gregory Ramsperger and Ryan Moak for reporting     CVE-2017-2670. The CVE-2016-5406 issue was discovered by Tomaz Cerar (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-8627 issue     was discovered by Darran Lofthouse (Red Hat) and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-2666 issue was     discovered by Radim Hatlapatka (Red Hat); the CVE-2017-7536 issue was discovered by Gunnar Morling (Red     Hat); the CVE-2017-7559 and CVE-2017-12165 issues were discovered by Stuart Douglas (Red Hat); and the     CVE-2017-12167 issue was discovered by Brian Stansberry (Red Hat) and Jeremy Choi (Red Hat). Upstream     acknowledges WildFly as the original reporter of CVE-2016-6311.

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.

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5.

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

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
(CVE-2016-8656)

* It was discovered that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own. (CVE-2016-6816)

* An EAP feature to download server log files allows logs to be available via GET requests making them vulnerable to cross-origin attacks. An attacker could trigger the user's browser to request the log files consuming enough resources that normal server functioning could be impaired. (CVE-2016-8627)

* It was discovered that when configuring RBAC and marking information as sensitive, users with a Monitor role are able to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

The CVE-2016-8627 issue was discovered by Darran Lofthouse and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat).

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6.

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

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
(CVE-2016-8656)

* It was discovered that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own. (CVE-2016-6816)

* An EAP feature to download server log files allows logs to be available via GET requests making them vulnerable to cross-origin attacks. An attacker could trigger the user's browser to request the log files consuming enough resources that normal server functioning could be impaired. (CVE-2016-8627)

* It was discovered that when configuring RBAC and marking information as sensitive, users with a Monitor role are able to view the sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7061)

The CVE-2016-8627 issue was discovered by Darran Lofthouse and Brian Stansberry (Red Hat).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0250 advisory.

  - tomcat: HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid character in HTTP requests     (CVE-2016-6816)

  - EAP: Sensitive data can be exposed at the server level in domain mode (CVE-2016-7061)

  - admin-cli: Potential EAP resource starvation DOS attack via GET requests for server log files     (CVE-2016-8627)

  - jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation     (CVE-2016-8656)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
112256	RHEL 6 / 7 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:0834)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
112255	RHEL 7 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.5 on RHEL 7 (Important) (RHSA-2017:0832)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
112254	RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:0831)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
112252	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2017:0245)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
109991	RHEL 5 / 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2018:1609)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
105269	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 (RHSA-2017:3455)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
105268	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0 (RHSA-2017:3454)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
105252	RHEL 6 / 7 : eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:3458)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
97010	RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:0246)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
97009	RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2017:0244)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
96973	RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2017:0250)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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