CVE-2011-2196
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
jboss-seam.jar in the JBoss Seam 2 framework 2.2.x and earlier, as distributed in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3.0.CP05 and 5.1.0; JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3.0, 4.3.0.CP09, and 5.1.1; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1, does not properly restrict use of Expression Language (EL) statements in FacesMessages during page exception handling, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted URL to an application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1484.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS | RHSA-2011:0945 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS | RHSA-2011:0947 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2011:0945 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2011:0946 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2011:0945 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:0946 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2011:0952 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server (jboss-seam2) | RHSA-2011:0950 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS (jboss-seam2) | RHSA-2011:0950 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:0945 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2011:0951 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2011:0948 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:0952 | 2011-07-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 | RHSA-2011:0949 | 2011-07-18 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the ObjectWorks+ Development Team at Nomura Research Institute for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation