Directory Traversal Affecting eap7-wildfly package, versions <0:7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EAP7WILDFLY-5335220
  • published30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed15 Jan 2018

Introduced: 15 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-1048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 eap7-wildfly to version 0:7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0480.

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.

It was found that the AJP connector in undertow, as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, does not use the ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH option and thus allow the the slash / anti-slash characters encoded in the url which may lead to path traversal and result in the information disclosure of arbitrary local files.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1