A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit access to privileged or restricted files and directories.

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

  - A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a     specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit     access to privileged or restricted files and directories. (CVE-2024-1459)

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:

  - A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a
    specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit
    access to privileged or restricted files and directories. (CVE-2024-1459)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2764 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly     application runtime.

    This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing (CVE-2023-4639)
    * undertow: Directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-1459)
    * undertow: Unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion (CVE-2023-1973)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, 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-2024:1674 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 7.4.16 serves as a     replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.15, and includes bug fixes and     enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Release Notes for information     about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-4639)

    * apache-sshd: ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-48795)

    * undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-1973)

    * undertow: Out-of-memory Error after several closed connections with wildfly-http-client protocol     [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-1635)

    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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1676 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 7.4.16 serves as a     replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.15, and includes bug fixes and     enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Release Notes for information     about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-4639)

    * apache-sshd: ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-48795)

    * undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-1973)

    * undertow: Out-of-memory Error after several closed connections with wildfly-http-client protocol     [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-1635)

    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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1675 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 7.4.16 serves as a     replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.15, and includes bug fixes and     enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Release Notes for information     about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

    Security Fix(es):

    * undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-4639)

    * apache-sshd: ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-48795)

    * undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-1973)

    * undertow: Out-of-memory Error after several closed connections with wildfly-http-client protocol     [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-1635)

    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	Severity
255445	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-1459	Nessus	Misc.	medium
421470	SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
421470	SCA: security update for io.undertow:undertow-core (GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
195174	RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 (RHSA-2024:2764)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
192931	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:1674)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
192930	RHEL 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:1676)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
192929	RHEL 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update (Important) (RHSA-2024:1675)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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