CVE-2016-8657
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-264
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.htmlAdvisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896Advisory