Description
Thermostat before 2.0.0 uses world-readable permissions for the web.xml configuration file, which allows local users to obtain user credentials by reading the file.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1 +2 | 2.0-60.9.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-apache-commons-fileupload +1 | 1.3-60.7.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-jcommon +2 | 1.0.18-60.5.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-jfreechart +1 | 1.0.14-60.5.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-jline2 +1 | 2.10-60.6.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-netty +1 | 3.6.3-60.4.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
| RHEL 2 | thermostat1-thermostat +2 | 1.2.0-60.10.el6 | RHSA-2015:1052 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2015:1052 Red Hat Security Advisory: thermostat1 security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- FEDORA-2015-8867 vendor-advisory
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/thermostat/rev/c2f18f81f57a
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2372
- RHSA-2015:1052 vendor-advisory
- 75066 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2015-8919 vendor-advisory