CVE-2016-8657

N/A
Published: July 31, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorJBoss Enterprise Application PlatformEnterprise Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group (root:jboss, 664). On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts (i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier), the file is sourced by the jboss init script and its content executed with root privileges when jboss service is started, stopped, or restarted.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
All versions

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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