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CVE-2017-12189

Improper Ownership Management

Published: Jan 10, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12189
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/282.html

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656.

Weakness

The product assigns the wrong ownership, or does not properly verify the ownership, of an object or resource.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Jboss_enterprise_application_platformRedhat7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7RedHateap-parent*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6RedHateap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.1.0-19.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-hibernate-0:5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-ironjacamar-0:1.3.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jboss-remoting-0:4.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jgroups-0:3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-resteasy-0:3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-undertow-0:1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-wildfly-0:7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7RedHateap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7*

Potential Mitigations

References

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