It was discovered that a JkUnmount rule for a subtree of a previous JkMount rule could be ignored. This could allow a remote attacker to potentially access a private artifact in a tree that would otherwise not be accessible to them.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8111 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 4 and 5, and Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ and Red Hat JBoss Middleware and Red Hat JBoss Operations Network Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/.
This issue did not affect Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.x. This issue does affect Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.x; a future update may address this issue.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:0847 | 2015-04-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1 | RHSA-2015:1641 | 2015-08-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 | RHSA-2015:0849 | 2015-04-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:0848 | 2015-04-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:1642 | 2015-08-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:1642 | 2015-08-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 6 (mod_jk) | RHEA-2015:1771 | 2015-09-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:1642 | 2015-08-18 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 7 (mod_jk) | RHEA-2015:1770 | 2015-09-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (mod_jk) | RHSA-2015:0846 | 2015-04-16 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | mod_jk | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | mod_jk | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 4 | mod_jk | Will not fix |
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