# CVE-2019-3805: A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-05-03 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Red Hat wildfly: affects up to 16.0.0.Final

## Description

A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /var/run/jboss-eap/ allowing the init.d script to terminate any process as root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat wildfly, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3805
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0004/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2413
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727

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