ghsa-gqxm-5ghp-x5rj
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Published
2022-05-14 01:09
Modified
2022-05-14 01:09
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8657"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-07-31T19:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.",
  "id": "GHSA-gqxm-5ghp-x5rj",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:09:09Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:09:09Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8657"
    },
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0826"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0827"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0828"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0829"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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