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CVE-2016-8657 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8657	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat jboss enterprise application platform	6.0.0 6.4.0 5.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	5 6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 12, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 2, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]