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RHEL 6 : jboss-ec2-eap bug fix (RHSA-2015:1673)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85619

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Synopsis

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

Description

An updated jboss-ec2-eap package that that fixes a security issue, fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java EE applications. It is based on JBoss Application Server 7 and incorporates multiple open-source projects to provide a complete Java EE platform solution.

* The jboss-ec2-eap package provides scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). With this update, the package has been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.3. (BZ#1228766)

The following security issue is also fixed with this release :

It was discovered that under specific conditions that PicketLink IDP ignores role based authorization. This could lead to an authenticated user being able to access application resources that are not permitted for a given role. (CVE-2015-3158)

Users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.2 jboss-ec2-eap are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Update the affected jboss-ec2-eap and / or jboss-ec2-eap-samples packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1673

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-3158

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85619

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1673.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2015

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-ec2-eap-samples, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jboss-ec2-eap

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: 8/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3158

RHSA: 2015:1673