CVE-2016-8657
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- redhat/jboss enterprise application platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.