CVE-2016-8657 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8