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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2017-12189)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2017-12189)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/03/2018
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

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.. It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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