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RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 Security update (Critical) (RHSA-2024:7811)

🗓️ 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has a critical security update for Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 due to Apache Avro vulnerability (CVE-2024-47561

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:7811. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(208275);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/24");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-47561");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2024:7811");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0629-S");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 Security update (Critical) (RHSA-2024:7811)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the RHSA-2024:7811 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly
    application runtime.

    This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.

    Security Fix(es):

    * apache-avro: Schema parsing may trigger Remote Code Execution (CVE-2024-47561)

    A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about this flaw is available in the References
    section.

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical");
  # https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c7aafbf8");
  # https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/html-single/installation_guide/index
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?31eae5d2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2316116");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_7811.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?91a129fe");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7811");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected eap7-avro package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_supplemental", value:"CVSS:4.0/U:Amber");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-47561");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(502);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Critical");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/10/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/10/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/10/08");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-avro");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release_list(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_versions: ['7','8','9'])) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.x / 8.x / 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-avro-1.11.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap', 'release':'8', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'}
    ]
  },
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-avro-1.11.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap', 'release':'9', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'}
    ]
  },
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-avro-1.11.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap', 'release':'7', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'eap7-avro');
}

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