RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:1609)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109991

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/

https://access.redhat.com/articles/3422211

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8656

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8657

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109991

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1609.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-messaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-ws-native, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8656, CVE-2016-8657

RHSA: 2018:1609