Issued:
2013-01-30
Updated:
2013-01-30

RHSA-2013:0206 - Low: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update

Synopsis

Low: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 which fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications, which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam.

The GUI installer created a world-readable auto-install XML file containing both the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform administrator password and the sucker password for the selected messaging system in plain text. A local user able to access the directory where the GUI installer for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 was run could use this flaw to gain administrative access to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform instance. (CVE-2013-0218)

Note: This update provides the initial release of the GUI installer for version 5.2.0. Users continuing to use the 5.1.2 installer will remain vulnerable to this issue.

This issue was discovered by Arun Neelicattu of the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Users requiring the GUI installer for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 are advised to apply this update.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
JBoss Enterprise Application PlatformText-Only Advisoriesx86_64
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform5x86_64
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from RHUI5x86_64

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