RHEL 5 / 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 (RHSA-2018:2664)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117398

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2664 advisory.

- RichFaces: Injection of arbitrary EL expressions allows remote code execution via org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource (CVE-2018-12533)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2664.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?27ad7430

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5d60b4c

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2664

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1584490

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117398

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2664.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-cdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-framework, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-root, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-ui, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12533

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2018:2664