Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.x < 7.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 132314

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) installed on the remote host is 7.x prior to 7.2.5. It is therefore, affected my multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:4021 advisory:

 - undertow: HTTP/2: large amount of data requests leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9511)

 - undertow: HTTP/2: flood using PING frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9512)

 - undertow: HTTP/2: flood using HEADERS frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9514)

 - undertow: HTTP/2: flood using SETTINGS frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9515)

 - wildfly-core: Incorrect privileges for 'Monitor', 'Auditor' and 'Deployer' user by default (CVE-2019-14838)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.5 or later.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132314

File Name: jboss_eap_RHSA-2019-4021.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/19/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

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: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform

Required KB Items: installed_sw/JBoss

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514, CVE-2019-9515, CVE-2019-14838, CVE-2019-14843

RHSA: 2019:4021

CEA-ID: CEA-2019-0643