SB2017062606 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat JBoss
Published: June 26, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2595)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to path traversal flaw in the log file viewer. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data and read arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5018)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an application to bypass security manager restrictions on the target system.
The weakness improper access control. By invoking a certain Tomcat utility method, a malicious application can bypass a configured SecurityManager.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass.
3) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6796)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an application to bypass security manager restrictions on the target system.
The weakness improper access control. By modifying of configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet, a malicious application can bypass a configured SecurityManager.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.