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RHEL 5 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 update (Important) (RHSA-2014:1088)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77357

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1088 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 HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

 This release serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1, and includes several bug fixes. Refer to the Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 Release Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant of these changes.

 The following security issues are also fixed with this release:

 A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, was found in the mod_status httpd module. A remote attacker able to access a status page served by mod_status on a server using a threaded Multi-Processing Module (MPM) could send a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the apache user. (CVE-2014-0226)

 A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_deflate module handled request body decompression (configured via the DEFLATE input filter). A remote attacker able to send a request whose body would be decompressed could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of system memory and CPU on the target system. (CVE-2014-0118)

 A denial of service flaw was found in the way httpd's mod_cgid module executed CGI scripts that did not read data from the standard input.
 A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request that would cause the httpd child process to hang indefinitely. (CVE-2014-0231)

 It was found that several application-provided XML files, such as web.xml, content.xml, *.tld, *.tagx, and *.jspx, resolved external entities, permitting XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. An attacker able to deploy malicious applications to Tomcat could use this flaw to circumvent security restrictions set by the JSM, and gain access to sensitive information on the system. Note that this flaw only affected deployments in which Tomcat is running applications from untrusted sources, such as in a shared hosting environment. (CVE-2013-4590)

 It was found that, in certain circumstances, it was possible for a malicious web application to replace the XML parsers used by Tomcat to process XSLTs for the default servlet, JSP documents, tag library descriptors (TLDs), and tag plug-in configuration files. The injected XML parser(s) could then bypass the limits imposed on XML external entities and/or gain access to the XML files processed for other web applications deployed on the same Tomcat instance. (CVE-2014-0119)

 All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised to upgrade to Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0. The JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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 affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?08ece136

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ecc67b2

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1088

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069911

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102038

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120596

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120601

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120603

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77357

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1088.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0227

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dom4j-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-collections-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-pool-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-core-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-pool-tomcat-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-collections-tomcat-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:javassist-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-c3p0-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_jk-ap22, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ecj3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-daemon-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_jk-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-el-2.2-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-envers-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-entitymanager-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hibernate4-infinispan-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:storeconfig-tc6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_jk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:storeconfig-tc7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_rt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:antlr-eap6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_cluster-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat7-servlet-3.0-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: 8/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4590, CVE-2014-0118, CVE-2014-0119, CVE-2014-0226, CVE-2014-0227, CVE-2014-0231

CWE: 122, 400, 470, 611

RHSA: 2014:1088