Red Hat Security Advisory: jboss-ec2-eap security update Security Advisory secalert@redhat.com Red Hat Security Response Team RHSA-2012:1376 Final 1 1 2012-10-16T13:20:00Z Current version 2012-10-16T13:20:00Z 2012-10-16T13:20:00Z Red Hat rhsa-to-cvrf 1.0.1484 2012-10-16T13:21:01Z An updated jboss-ec2-eap package that fixes one security issue is now available for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. jboss-ec2-eap provides JBoss Operations Network (JBoss ON) scripts for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). It was found that the "/var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/" directory had world readable permissions when using the EC2 AMI (Amazon Machine Image) for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. A local attacker could use this flaw to read potentially sensitive information from this directory, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. (CVE-2012-3427) Note: This flaw only affected the EC2 AMI for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2. This issue was discovered by Aleksandar Kostadinov of the Red Hat QE Team. Warning: Before applying this update, back up your JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's "server/[PROFILE]/deploy/" directory, along with all other customized configuration files. Users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 running on EC2 should upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue. The JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect. Please see https://www.redhat.com/footer/terms-of-use.html Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Low https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jboss-ec2-eap-5.1.2-8.11.ep5.el6.src.rpm jboss-ec2-eap-5.1.2-8.11.ep5.el6 as a component of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server It was found that the "/var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap/" directory had world readable permissions when using the EC2 AMI (Amazon Machine Image) for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. A local attacker could use this flaw to read potentially sensitive information from this directory, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z CVE-2012-3427 6Server-JBEAP-5:jboss-ec2-eap-5.1.2-8.11.ep5.el6 Low 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1376.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3427.html CVE-2012-3427 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=843335 bz#843335: CVE-2012-3427 JBoss EAP 5 AMI: insecure default file permissions for /var/cache/jboss-ec2-eap This issue was discovered by Aleksandar Kostadinov of the Red Hat QE Team.