The HornetQ component of Artemis in EAP 7 was not updated with the fix for CVE-2016-4978. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using a JMS ObjectMessage.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0401 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.2 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss     Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes     and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: client side invocation timeout raised when calling over HTTP2 (CVE-2021-3859)

    * EAP 7: Incomplete fix of CVE-2016-4978 in HornetQ library (CVE-2021-20318)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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-2022:0400 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug     fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: client side invocation timeout raised when calling over HTTP2 (CVE-2021-3859)

    * EAP 7: Incomplete fix of CVE-2016-4978 in HornetQ library (CVE-2021-20318)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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
157363	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 (RHSA-2022:0401)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
157337	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 (RHSA-2022:0400)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2021-20318

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