Path traversal in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Application Server - CVE-2017-2595

 

Path traversal in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Application Server - CVE-2017-2595

Published: June 26, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7202
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2595
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
JBoss Application Server

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2595

Install update from vendor's website.

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