Red Hat Jboss 6.0.0/6.1.0 NULL Character input validation ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Jboss 6.0.0/6.1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component NULL Character Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-2185. No exploit is available. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Jboss 6.0.0/6.1.0 (Application Server Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component NULL Character Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

** DISPUTED ** The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186. NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of applications to avoid providing untrusted data to be deserialized, or whether this class should inherently protect against this issue.

The weakness was published 06/16/2013 as RHSA-2013:1193-1 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2185 since 02/19/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69778 (RHEL 5 / 6 : jbossweb (RHSA-2013:1193)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11889 (TripWire Enterprise Console Prior to version 8.6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities.).

Applying the patch patch-3 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69778), OSVDB (96864†) and Secunia (SA54714†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3414, VDB-18549, VDB-24854 and VDB-27834. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 69778
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 / 6 : jbossweb (RHSA-2013:1193)
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Patch: patch-3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1193-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-2185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10130

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Secunia: 54714 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 96864

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2013 15:01
Updated: 08/06/2024 19:34
Changes: 09/05/2013 15:01 (74), 04/29/2019 16:50 (1), 08/06/2024 19:34 (17)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:730:103

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