rhsa-2018_1609
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2018-05-17 18:27
Modified
2024-11-22 10:32
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update

Notes

Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
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.
Terms of Use
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