Jboss Operations NetworkApplication · Redhat
CVE-2012-0062
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRed Hat JBoss Operations Network (JON) before 2.4.2 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to hijack agent sessions via an agent registration request without a security token.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRed Hat JBoss Operations Network has a session hijacking vulnerability in the agent registration process. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to hijack agent sessions because agent registration requests are accepted without validating a security token, enabling attackers to impersonate legitimate agents.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Jboss Operations NetworkApplication
<= 2.4.1= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.1.0= 2.2= 2.3= 2.3.1= 2.4= 3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if JBoss Operations Network is installedLook for JBoss ON processes running on the system (e.g., ps aux | grep -i jboss or check for JBoss ON service processes). Also check for JBoss ON installation directories such as $JBOSS_HOME/../jboss-on or /opt/jboss-on.Affected if JBoss Operations Network is installed and running on the system
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Determine the installed JBoss ON versionCheck the version file in the JBoss ON installation directory. Common locations include: installation_dir/bin/run.sh --version, or look for a version.txt or version.properties file in the installation root. The version can also be found in the server management console under 'About' or in the platform server properties.Affected if The installed version matches 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.4, 2.4.1, or 3.0 (any version <= 2.4.1 or exactly 3.0)
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Determine if the agent registration interface is network-accessibleCheck the network configuration and firewall rules to see if the JBoss ON agent registration port (typically port 16163 or the configured agent registration port) is exposed to untrusted networks. Review the server.xml or jboss-service.xml for the agent registration connector binding address.Affected if The agent registration port (default 16163) is accessible from untrusted networks or the binding address is set to 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) without proper network segmentation
The system is affected if JBoss Operations Network version 2.0.0 through 2.4.1 or version 3.0 is running with the agent registration interface network-accessible, allowing potential remote attackers to hijack agent sessions without security token validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade JBoss Operations Network to version 2.4.2 or 3.0.1 or later, which includes proper security token validation during agent registration. If upgrading is not immediately possible, consider network segmentation to limit exposure of the agent registration interface.
Fix this in Jboss Operations Network
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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