Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform security update

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.12 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.11 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.12 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• undertow: OutOfMemoryError due to @MultipartConfig handling (CVE-2023-3223)
• jackson-databind: Possible DoS if using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode (CVE-2021-46877)
• jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray (CVE-2023-1436)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2182788 - CVE-2023-1436 jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray
• BZ - 2185707 - CVE-2021-46877 jackson-databind: Possible DoS if using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode
• BZ - 2209689 - CVE-2023-3223 undertow: OutOfMemoryError due to @MultipartConfig handling
• JBEAP-24722 - Tracker bug for the EAP 7.4.12 release for RHEL-9
• JBEAP-24711 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Jettison from 1.5.2.redhat-00002 to 1.5.4.redhat-x
• JBEAP-24744 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade Undertow from 2.2.24.SP1-redhat-00001 to 2.2.25.SP1
• JBEAP-24745 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Elytron from 1.15.16.Final-redhat-00001 to 1.15.17.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-24790 - (7.4.z) Upgrade HAL from 3.3.17.Final-redhat-00001 to 3.3.18.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-24808 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade WildFly Core from 15.0.26.Final-redhat-00001 to 15.0.27.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-24819 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade Hibernate ORM from 5.3.29.Final-redhat-00001 to 5.3.30.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-24820 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade PicketLink from 2.5.5.SP12-redhat-00012 to 2.5.5.SP12-redhat-00013
• JBEAP-24821 - (7.4.z) Upgrade PicketLink bindings from 2.5.5.SP12-redhat-00014 to 2.5.5.SP12-redhat-00016
• JBEAP-24822 - (7.4.z) Upgrade PicketLink version in PicketLink bindings.
• JBEAP-24831 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade xalan from 2.7.1.redhat-13 to 2.7.1.redhat-14
• JBEAP-24832 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Jakarta Mail from 1.6.7.redhat-00001 to 1.6.7.redhat-00003
• JBEAP-24835 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Jakarta activation from 1.2.2.redhat-00001 to 1.2.2.redhat-00002
• JBEAP-24836 - (7.4.z) Upgrade jboss-ejb-client from 4.0.50.SP1-redhat-00001 to 4.0.53.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-24858 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Artemis from 2.16.0.redhat-00047 to 2.16.0.redhat-00048
• JBEAP-24973 - (7.4.z) Upgrade insights-java-client from 1.0.1.redhat-00001 to 1.0.8.redhat-00001
• JBEAP-25004 - (7.4.z) Upgrade runtimes-java-api from 1.0.8.redhat-00001 to 1.0.9.redhat-00001
• JBEAP-25085 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade Undertow from 2.2.25.SP1 to 2.2.25.SP2
• JBEAP-25086 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade WildFly Core from 15.0.27.Final-redhat-00001 to 15.0.28.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-25204 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade Undertow from 2.2.25.SP2-redhat-00001 to 2.2.25.SP3
• JBEAP-25205 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade WildFly Core from 15.0.28.Final-redhat-00001 to 15.0.29.Final-redhat-00001

CVEs

• CVE-2021-46877
• CVE-2023-1436
• CVE-2023-3223

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/html-single/installation_guide/