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RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.0 (RHSA-2025:3608)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234285

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.0.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:3608 advisory.

 Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), the PicketLink Vault extension for Apache Tomcat, and the Tomcat Native library.

 This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0.5.
 This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes that are linked to in the References section.

 Security Fix(es):

 * org.apache.tomcat/tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass when using Jakarta Authentication API [jws-6] (CVE-2024-52316)
 * tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT [jws-6] (CVE-2025-24813)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat: DoS via malformed HTTP/2 PRIORITY_UPDATE frame [jws-6] (CVE-2025-31650)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 6.1.0 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:3608.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?247f39aa

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2326972

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2351129

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362783

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d030d92

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3608

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234285

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-3608.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2025

Updated: 8/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31650

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-lib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-native, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-jakartaee-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp

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: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52316, CVE-2025-24813, CVE-2025-31650

CWE: 20, 248, 502

RHSA: 2025:3608