RHEL 6 / 7 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2 (RHSA-2019:2973)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129804

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2973 advisory.

- wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass (CVE-2019-14843)

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 7.2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2973.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2973

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?fdc49160

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ad39889

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752980

http://www.nessus.org/u?a519044e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129804

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2973.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:eap7-wildfly-elytron, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14843

CWE: 592

RHSA: 2019:2973