An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
Security Fix(es) :
jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8656)
jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8657)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2018:1609. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(109991);
script_version("1.8");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:44");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-8656", "CVE-2016-8657");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2018:1609");
script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:1609)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise
Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java
applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
Security Fix(es) :
* jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script
allows privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8656)
* jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation
(CVE-2016-8657)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/articles/3422211"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8656"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8657"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-client");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-messaging");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-ws-native");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 6.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2018:1609";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (! (rpm_exists(release:"RHEL6", rpm:"jbossas-welcome-content-eap"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "JBoss EAP");
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"jbossas-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"jbossas-client-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"jbossas-messaging-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"jbossas-ws-native-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "jbossas / jbossas-client / jbossas-messaging / jbossas-ws-native");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | jbossas | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jbossas-client | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-client |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jbossas-messaging | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-messaging |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jbossas-ws-native | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jbossas-ws-native |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 6 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8656
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8657
access.redhat.com/articles/3422211
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8656
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8657