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RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap (RHSA-2012:1376)

low Nessus Plugin ID 64058

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated jboss-ec2-eap package that fixes one security issue is now available for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

jboss-ec2-eap provides JBoss Operations Network (JBoss ON) scripts for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

It was found that the '/var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/' directory had world readable permissions when using the EC2 AMI (Amazon Machine Image) for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. A local attacker could use this flaw to read potentially sensitive information from this directory, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. (CVE-2012-3427)

Note: This flaw only affected the EC2 AMI for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2.

This issue was discovered by Aleksandar Kostadinov of the Red Hat QE Team.

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's 'server/[PROFILE]/deploy/' directory, along with all other customized configuration files.

Users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running on EC2 should upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue. The JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected jboss-ec2-eap package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1376

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3427

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 64058

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1376.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-ec2-eap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3427

BID: 55945

RHSA: 2012:1376