RHEL 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0 Security release (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:2561)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151116

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2561 advisory.

- hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both hibernate.use_sql_comments and JPQL String literals are used (CVE-2020-25638)

- tomcat: Request mix-up with h2c (CVE-2021-25122)

- tomcat: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-9484 (RCE via session persistence) (CVE-2021-25329)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25638

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25122

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25329

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2561

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1881353

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1934032

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1934061

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151116

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2561.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2021

Updated: 12/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25638

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25122

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-ecj, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-java-jdk11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-java-jdk8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-vault, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-vault-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-webapps

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: 6/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25638, CVE-2021-25122, CVE-2021-25329

CWE: 200, 502, 89

IAVA: 2021-A-0114-S

RHSA: 2021:2561