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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:1609 Important: JBoss Enterprise App Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2018
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Critical security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application to safeguard user installations and sensitive data.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterp...

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
Security Fix(es):
* jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8656)
* jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation (CVE-2016-8657)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important security impact application platform Red Hat JBoss

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8657 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/ https://access.redhat.com/articles/3422211

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server:
Source: jbossas-5.2.0-23.ep5.el5.src.rpm
noarch: jbossas-5.2.0-23.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm jbossas-client-5.2.0-23.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm jbossas-messaging-5.2.0-23.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm jbossas-ws-native-5.2.0-23.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server:
Source: jbossas-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: jbossas-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm jbossas-client-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm jbossas-messaging-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm jbossas-ws-native-5.2.0-23.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1609-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609
Issue date: 2018-05-17

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise ApplicationPlatform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss EnterpriseApplication Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important security impact application platform Red Hat JBoss

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server - noarch

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1400343 - CVE-2016-8657 jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation

1400344 - CVE-2016-8656 jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation

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