SB2014020202 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Published: February 2, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014020202
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3427)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1.2 uses 755 permissions for /var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/, which allows local users to read sensitive information such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials by reading files in the directory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.