{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/", "text": "Important" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "An update for JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 which fixes one security\nissue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.\n\nThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having\nimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)\nbase score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the\nCVE link in the References section.", "title": "Topic" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The Enterprise Web Platform is a slimmed down profile of the JBoss\nEnterprise Application Platform intended for mid-size workloads with light\nand rich Java applications.\n\nWhen using LDAP authentication with the provided LDAP login modules\n(LdapLoginModule/LdapExtLoginModule), empty passwords were allowed by\ndefault. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended authentication\nby providing an empty password for a valid username, as the LDAP server may\nrecognize this as an 'unauthenticated authentication' (RFC 4513). This\nupdate sets the allowEmptyPasswords option for the LDAP login modules to\nfalse if the option is not already configured. (CVE-2012-5629)\n\nWarning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss\nEnterprise Web Platform installation (including all applications and\nconfiguration files).\n\nAll users of JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 as provided from the Red\nHat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update.", "title": "Details" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/", "issuing_authority": "Red Hat Product Security is responsible for vulnerability handling across all Red Hat products and services.", "name": "Red Hat Product Security", "namespace": "https://www.redhat.com" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0233", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0233" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=enterpriseweb.platform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.2.0", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=enterpriseweb.platform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.2.0" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4513", "url": "http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4513" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "885569", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885569" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_0233.json" } ], "title": "Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-14T15:18:03+00:00", "generator": { "date": "2026-05-14T15:18:03+00:00", "engine": { "name": "Red Hat SDEngine", "version": "4.8.0" } }, "id": "RHSA-2013:0233", "initial_release_date": "2013-02-04T23:33:00+00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2013-02-04T23:33:00+00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2013-02-04T23:42:31+00:00", "number": "2", "summary": "Last updated version" }, { "date": "2026-05-14T15:18:03+00:00", "number": "3", "summary": "Last generated version" } ], "status": "final", "version": "3" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2", "product": { "name": "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2", "product_id": "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.2.0" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Red Hat" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2012-5629", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-521", "name": "Weak Password Requirements" }, "discovery_date": "2012-12-07T00:00:00+00:00", "ids": [ { "system_name": "Red Hat Bugzilla ID", "text": "885569" } ], "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "The default configuration of the (1) LdapLoginModule and (2) LdapExtLoginModule modules in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4.3.0 CP10, 5.2.0, and 6.0.1, and Enterprise Web Platform (EWP) 5.2.0 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "summary", "text": "JBoss: allows empty password to authenticate against LDAP", "title": "Vulnerability summary" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5629" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "RHBZ#885569", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885569" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5629", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5629" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5629", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5629" } ], "release_date": "2013-02-04T00:00:00+00:00", "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2013-02-04T23:33:00+00:00", "details": "The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must\nlog in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your\nexisting JBoss Enterprise Web Platform installation (including all\napplications and configuration files).\n\nThe JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.", "product_ids": [ "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2" ], "restart_required": { "category": "none" }, "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0233" } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v2": { "accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0" }, "products": [ "Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Important" } ], "title": "JBoss: allows empty password to authenticate against LDAP" } ] }