RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.8 (RHSA-2024:1318)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192194

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.8.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1318 advisory.

- openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678)

- tomcat: HTTP request smuggling via malformed trailer headers (CVE-2023-46589)

- : Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS (CVE-2024-24549)

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 5.7.8 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1318.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a7ce8b71

http://www.nessus.org/u?d3da2c2e

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248616

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2252050

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269607

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1318

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192194

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1318.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46589

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 3/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46589, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2024-24549

CWE: 20, 325, 444

RHSA: 2024:1318