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Update Protection against RedHat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform JMX Console Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-435
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA39563
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2010-0738
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Prior to 4.2.0.CP09
Vulnerability Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability has been reported in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform JMX Console application. JBoss Application Server (JBoss AS) is a free software and open-source Java EE-based application server. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass the need to authenticate to access restricted resources.
Update/Patch Available
The vendor, RedHat, has released an advisory addressing this vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to the authentication policy within the application that only enforces restrictions for GET and POST methods, other HTTP request verbs bypass authentication. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to gain administrative access to JBoss JMX management console and to upload and execute arbitrary Java code within the security context of the JBoss server process, normally SYSTEM on Windows platforms.

Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway: R75

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS tab, click Protections > By Protocol > IPS Software Blade > Application Intelligence > Application Servers.
2. In the right pane, double-click the following protection:

RedHat JBoss Enterprise JMX Console Authentication Bypass

3. In the Protection Details window, click on Edit. Choose the protection's Action (Override IPS Policy with: Prevent/Detect), and apply Additional Settings
4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation
Attack Information: RedHat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform JMX Console authentication bypass