Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 mod_cluster access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component mod_cluster. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-4608. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 (Application Server Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component mod_cluster. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

mod_cluster in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 for Red Hat Linux allows worker nodes to register with arbitrary virtual hosts, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and provide malicious content, hijack sessions, and steal credentials by registering from an external vhost that does not enforce security constraints.

The weakness was disclosed 01/27/2012 by David Jorm as Bug 767020 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-4608 since 11/29/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/29/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64019 (RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : mod_cluster-native (RHSA-2012:0037)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72460), Tenable (64019), SecurityFocus (BID 51554†), SecurityTracker (ID 1026545†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34362†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 64019
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : mod_cluster-native (RHSA-2012:0037)
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11/29/2011 🔍
01/18/2012 +50 days 🔍
01/19/2012 +1 days 🔍
01/27/2012 +8 days 🔍
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01/31/2012 +4 days 🔍
01/24/2013 +359 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +788 days 🔍
11/29/2021 +2443 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 767020
Researcher: David Jorm
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-4608 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60027

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X-Force: 72460
SecurityFocus: 51554 - JBoss 'mod_cluster' Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1026545 - JBoss mod_cluster Lets Remote Workers Bypass Security Restrictions
Vulnerability Center: 34362 - JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 mod_cluster Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/29/2021 08:58
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/09/2017 14:21 (14), 11/29/2021 08:58 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:57E:103

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