RedHat: RHSA-2018-1609:01 Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
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.
Summary
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
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
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
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.
Topic
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