Description
The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.2.0 through 6.3.2 does not properly verify authorization conditions, which allows remote authenticated users to add, modify, and undefine otherwise restricted attributes by leveraging the Maintainer role.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | antlr-eap6 | 2.7.7-18.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | apache-cxf | 2.7.14-1.redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | glassfish-jsf-eap6 | 2.1.28-6.redhat_7.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | guava-libraries | 13.0.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | hibernate4-eap6 +4 | 4.2.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | hornetq | 2.3.21.2-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpserver | 1.0.2-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-as-ee +53 | 7.4.3-3.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-ejb-client | 1.0.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-hal +1 | 2.2.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-marshalling | 1.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-modules | 1.3.5-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-remoting3 | 3.3.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-security-negotiation | 2.3.6-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossas-core +8 | 7.4.3-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossts | 1:4.17.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossweb | 7.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-cxf | 4.3.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-spi | 2.3.1-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | picketbox | 4.0.19-10.SP10_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | picketlink-bindings | 2.5.3-15.SP16_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | picketlink-federation | 2.5.3-16.SP16_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | resteasy | 2.3.8-13.SP4_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | sun-istack-commons | 1:2.6.1-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | sun-saaj-1.3-impl | 1.3.16-11.SP1_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | weld-core | 1.1.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | wss4j | 1.6.17-2.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2015:0218, RHSA-2015:0217, RHSA-2015:0216 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2015:0217 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
- RHSA-2015:0218 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
- RHSA-2015:0216 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.3 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
References
- RHSA-2015:0920 vendor-advisory
- redhat-jboss-cve20147849-sec-bypass(100890) vdb-entry
- RHSA-2015:0215 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165170
- RHSA-2015:0217 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0218 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:0216 vendor-advisory
- 1031741 vdb-entry