Red Hat update for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 2



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2018-8014
CVE-2018-8034
CWE-ID CWE-200
CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 JBoss Enterprise Web Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU12798

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8014

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the defaults settings for the CORS filter are insecure and enable supportsCredentials for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. A remote attacker can access important data.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Web Server: 5

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0451


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU13992

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8034

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass security restrictions when using TLS.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JBoss Enterprise Web Server: 5

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0451


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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