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RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.23 (RHSA-2025:20052)

🗓️ 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHSA-2025:20052 fixes JBoss EAP 7.4.23 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9 for protobuf stack overflow (CVE-2024-7254).

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/10");

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    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):

    * com.google.protobuf/protobuf-java: StackOverflow vulnerability in Protocol Buffers (CVE-2024-7254)

    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.

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release_list(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_versions: ['7','8','9'])) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.x / 8.x / 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

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 = [
  {
    'release': '7',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/els/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-protostream-4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-javadocs-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-modules-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap', 'el_string':'el7eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/els/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/els/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/els/layered/rhel8/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-protostream-4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk17-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-javadocs-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-modules-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap', 'el_string':'el8eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '9',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/els/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/debug',
      'content/els/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/os',
      'content/els/layered/rhel9/x86_64/jbeap/7.4/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'eap7-protostream-4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk17-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-javadocs-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'eap7'},
      {'reference':'eap7-wildfly-modules-7.4.23-5.GA_redhat_00004.1.el9eap', 'el_string':'el9eap', '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 os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    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 &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(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-protostream / eap7-wildfly / eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11 / etc');
}

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10 Nov 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.17.5
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