RHEL 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 Service Pack 1 (RHSA-2017:1801)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 112177

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 Service Pack 1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1801 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* It was found that when using remote logging with log4j socket server the log4j server would deserialize any log event received via TCP or UDP. An attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted log event that, during deserialization, would execute arbitrary code in the context of the logger application.
(CVE-2017-5645)

* A vulnerability was discovered in tomcat's handling of pipelined requests when Sendfile was used. If sendfile processing completed quickly, it was possible for the Processor to be added to the processor cache twice. This could lead to invalid responses or information disclosure. (CVE-2017-5647)

* A vulnerability was discovered in the error page mechanism in Tomcat's DefaultServlet implementation. A crafted HTTP request could cause undesired side effects, possibly including the removal or replacement of the custom error page. (CVE-2017-5664)

* A vulnerability was discovered in tomcat. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager it was possible, under some circumstances, for that application to retain references to the request or response objects and thereby access and/or modify information associated with another web application.
(CVE-2017-5648)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.0 Service Pack 1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:1801.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 112177

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1801.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2018

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17571

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-eap6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-selinux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat8-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api

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: 7/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-7056, CVE-2016-8610, CVE-2017-5645, CVE-2017-5647, CVE-2017-5648, CVE-2017-5664, CVE-2017-7674, CVE-2019-17571

CWE: 200, 266, 385, 400, 502

IAVA: 2020-A-0008-S

RHSA: 2017:1801

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