Bug 1499631 (CVE-2017-12189)

Summary:	CVE-2017-12189 jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Bharti Kundal <bkundal>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bmaxwell, cdewolf, chazlett, csutherl, darran.lofthouse, dimitris, dosoudil, jawilson, jshepherd, lgao, myarboro, pgier, psakar, pslavice, psotirop, rnetuka, rsvoboda, security-response-team, twalsh, vtunka
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 03:26:50 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	1499770, 1527613

Description Bharti Kundal 2017-10-09 07:07:00 UTC

It was reported that the jbossas init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-03 10:22:18 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Via RHSA-2018:0003 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0003

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-03 10:33:49 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2018:0002 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0002

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-03 10:36:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2018:0004 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0004

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-03 10:52:55 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7
  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2018:0005 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0005