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

 

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

Published: June 26, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7202
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2595
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

JBoss Application Server
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2595

Install update from vendor's website.

jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package) - update to 7.5.16-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6

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