Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-14667 - Code Injection vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux and Richfaces

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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2018:3517. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(118943);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14667");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2018:3517");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2018:3517)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java
applications based on the JBoss Application Server.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for the RichFaces package
in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Security Fix(es) :

* RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for
unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)

See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific
information regarding this flaw.

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting
this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3517"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-14667"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-demo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-framework");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-root");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:richfaces-ui");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 6.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2018:3517";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;

  if (! (rpm_exists(release:"RHEL6", rpm:"jbossas-welcome-content-eap"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "JBoss EAP");

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"richfaces-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"richfaces-demo-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"richfaces-framework-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"richfaces-root-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"richfaces-ui-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "richfaces / richfaces-demo / richfaces-framework / richfaces-root / etc");
  }
}

• rhsa	id RHSA-2018:3517

• rhsa	id RHSA-2018:3518

• rhsa	id RHSA-2018:3519

• rhsa	id RHSA-2018:3581

• richfaces-0:3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6
• richfaces-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-cdk-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-demo-0:3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6
• richfaces-demo-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-docs-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-framework-0:3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6
• richfaces-framework-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-root-0:3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6
• richfaces-root-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5
• richfaces-ui-0:3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6
• richfaces-ui-0:3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5