CVE-2016-8656
It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
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Statement
It was found that a variant of the Tomcat CVE-2016-1240 exploit is also applicable to Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5, 6, and 7. CVE-2016-8656 addresses these problems with JBoss EAP. The issue is now corrected in the various versions of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform including EAP 6.4.13 and EAP 7.0.5. For further information please refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/3016681
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:3458 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:0834 | 2017-03-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:0834 | 2017-03-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossas) | RHSA-2018:1609 | 2018-05-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:0832 | 2017-03-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:0831 | 2017-03-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:3455 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:0250 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:3454 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:0244 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2017:0246 | 2017-02-02 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server (eap7-jboss-ec2-eap) | RHSA-2017:3458 | 2017-12-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossas) | RHSA-2018:1609 | 2018-05-17 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:0245 | 2017-02-02 |