High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8657
CVE-2016-8657
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: RHEL 6 and earlier
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References
7- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96896nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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