Improper Access Control Affecting eap7-wildfly package, versions <0:7.1.0-64.GA_redhat_11.1.ep7.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EAP7WILDFLY-5329749
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed15 Sept 2016

Introduced: 15 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-8656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 eap7-wildfly to version 0:7.1.0-64.GA_redhat_11.1.ep7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3455.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eap7-wildfly package and not the eap7-wildfly package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.