CVE-2017-12189

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12189
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-10 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:22:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
1499631 – (CVE-2017-12189) CVE-2017-12189 jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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