When the JMX Invoker was configured to restrict access to users with specific roles, the AuthorizationInterceptor threw an exception if an authenticated user not in the specified roles attempted to perform an operation. However, despite throwing an exception, the operation was still performed. A remote attacker with valid JMX Invoker credentials could use this flaw to perform JMX operations accessible to roles they are not a member of.
Acknowledgements: This issue was discovered by Derek Horton of Red Hat.
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 Via RHSA-2013:0194 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEAP 5 for RHEL 5 Via RHSA-2013:0192 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEAP 5 for RHEL 6 Via RHSA-2013:0191 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6 Via RHSA-2013:0195 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEAP 5 for RHEL 4 Via RHSA-2013:0193 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 4 Via RHSA-2013:0197 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5 Via RHSA-2013:0196 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 Via RHSA-2013:0198 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3.1 Via RHSA-2013:0221 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5.3.1 Via RHSA-2013:0533 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0533.html