RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2019:2973)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129804

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.

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 7 is a platform for Java applications based on Wildfly.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for wildfly-security-manager package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.

Security Fix(es) :

* wildfly: wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass (CVE-2019-14843)

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 eap7-wildfly-elytron package.

See Also

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2973

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14843

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129804

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2973.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2019

Updated: 1/17/2020

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-wildfly-elytron, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14843

RHSA: 2019:2973