It was found that URLResource.getLastModified() in Undertow closes the file descriptors only when they are finalized which can cause file descriptors to exhaust. This leads to a file handler leak.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - It was found that URLResource.getLastModified() in Undertow closes the file descriptors only when they are     finalized which can cause file descriptors to exhaust. This leads to a file handler leak. (CVE-2018-1114)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - It was found that URLResource.getLastModified() in Undertow closes the file descriptors only when they are
    finalized which can cause file descriptors to exhaust. This leads to a file handler leak. (CVE-2018-1114)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2643 advisory.

    The RHV-M Virtual Appliance automates the process of installing and configuring the Red Hat Virtualization     Manager. The appliance is available to download as an OVA file from the Customer Portal.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rhvm-appliance (4.2). (BZ#1590658,     BZ#1591095, BZ#1591096, BZ#1592655, BZ#1594636, BZ#1597534, BZ#1612683)

    Red Hat would like to thank the PostgreSQL project for reporting CVE-2018-10915 and Ammarit Thongthua     (Deloitte Thailand Pentest team) and Nattakit Intarasorn (Deloitte Thailand Pentest team) for reporting     CVE-2018-1067. Upstream acknowledges Andrew Krasichkov as the original reporter of CVE-2018-10915.

    Security fixes:

    * vulnerability: wildfly-core: Path traversal can allow the extraction of .war archives to write arbitrary     files (Zip Slip) (CVE-2018-10862)

    * vulnerability: apache-cxf: TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl.*     (CVE-2018-8039)

    * vulnerability: postgresql: Certain host connection parameters defeat client-side security defenses     (CVE-2018-10915)

    * vulnerability: undertow: HTTP header injection using CRLF with UTF-8 Encoding (incomplete fix of )     (CVE-2018-1067, CVE-2016-4993)

    * vulnerability: undertow: File descriptor leak caused by JarURLConnection.getLastModified() allows     attacker to cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-1114)

    * vulnerability: guava: Unbounded memory allocation in AtomicDoubleArray and CompoundOrdering classes     allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-10237)

    * vulnerability: bouncycastle: flaw in the low-level interface to RSA key pair generator     (CVE-2018-1000180)

    For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other     related information, refer to the CVE pages 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 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2090 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 7.1.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jackson-databind: incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 permits unsafe serialization via c3p0 libraries     (CVE-2018-7489)

    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-2018:2089 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 7.1.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jackson-databind: incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 permits unsafe serialization via c3p0 libraries     (CVE-2018-7489)

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
252730	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-1114	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
415182	SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-gjjx-gqm4-wcgm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
415182	SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-gjjx-gqm4-wcgm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
117324	RHEL 7 : rhvm-appliance (RHSA-2018:2643)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
110798	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2018:2090)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
110797	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2018:2089)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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