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RHEL 10 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.3 (RHSA-2025:19809)

high Nessus Plugin ID 274477

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:19809 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 6.1.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.2.
 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-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE [jws-6] (CVE-2025-55752)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Bypass of rules in Rewrite Valve [jws-6] (CVE-2025-31651)

 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 6.1.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:19809.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?ec5c127e

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362782

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2406591

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-3618

http://www.nessus.org/u?b6b21ce8

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19809

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 274477

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-19809.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2025

Updated: 11/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55752

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-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws6-tomcat-lib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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: 11/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31651, CVE-2025-55752

CWE: 150, 23

RHSA: 2025:19809