RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:3517)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118943

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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.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Security Fix(es) :

* RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)

See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw.

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.

Red Hat would like to thank Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118943

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3517.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2018

Updated: 9/28/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14667

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-framework, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-root, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-ui, 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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14667

RHSA: 2018:3517

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