SB2019101415 - Privilege escalation in Wildfly application server
Published: October 14, 2019 Updated: November 27, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019101415
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14838)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to wildfly-core allows unnecessary write permissions for management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer roles. A remote authenticated user can modify server runtime state and escalate privileges within the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly-core/commit/80e18b46f73f9d061d4150c66e6dc2fc1fd0bc41
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3082
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4019
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4021
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14838