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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2016-8656)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Other (CVE-2016-8656)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/15/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.. 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

References

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