RHEL 10 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1 (RHSA-2025:11741)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243185

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11741 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 6.1.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.0.
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):

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat DoS in multipart upload [jws-6] (CVE-2025-48988)
* tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass for pre/post-resources [jws-6] (CVE-2025-49125)
* tomcat: Apache Commons FileUpload DoS via part headers [jws-6] (CVE-2025-48976)
* jws6-tomcat: Apache Tomcat denial of service [jws-6] (CVE-2025-53506)

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 6.1.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:11741.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?b8f2be2a

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373015

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373018

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373020

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ffc3e17

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11741

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243185

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-11741.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2025

Updated: 7/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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-2025-48988

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-jsp-3.1-api

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: 7/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48976, CVE-2025-48988, CVE-2025-49125, CVE-2025-53506

CWE: 288, 400, 770

RHSA: 2025:11741