RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 (RHSA-2023:4909)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180470

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4909 advisory.

- apr: integer overflow/wraparound in apr_encode (CVE-2022-24963)

- Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts (CVE-2023-24998)

- tomcat: not including the secure attribute causes information disclosure (CVE-2023-28708)

- tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete (CVE-2023-28709)

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 5.7.4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:4909.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180470

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4909.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, 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-webapps

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: 9/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24963, CVE-2023-24998, CVE-2023-28708, CVE-2023-28709

CWE: 190, 193, 200, 770

RHSA: 2023:4909

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