Synopsis
Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.20 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
6.4.20, fixes several bugs, and adds various enhancements are now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.
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 is a platform for Java
applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.20 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
- jackson-databind: Unsafe deserialization due to incomplete black list (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525) (CVE-2017-15095)
- jackson-databind: Unsafe deserialization due to incomplete black list (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15095) (CVE-2017-17485)
- slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-8088)
- Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Deserialization of untrusted input vulnerability (CVE-2016-4978)
- solr: Directory traversal via Index Replication HTTP API (CVE-2017-3163)
- tomcat: Incorrect handling of empty string URL in security constraints can lead to unintended exposure of resources (CVE-2018-1304)
- jackson-databind: incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 permits unsafe serialization via c3p0 libraries (CVE-2018-7489)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Liao Xinxi (NSFOCUS) for reporting CVE-2017-15095; 0c0c0f from 360观星实验室 for reporting CVE-2017-17485; and Chris McCown for reporting CVE-2018-8088.
Solution
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.
The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Affected Products
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JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1379207 - CVE-2016-4978 Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Deserialization of untrusted input vulnerability
- BZ - 1454783 - CVE-2017-3163 solr: Directory traversal via Index Replication HTTP API
- BZ - 1506612 - CVE-2017-15095 jackson-databind: Unsafe deserialization due to incomplete black list (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525)
- BZ - 1528565 - CVE-2017-17485 jackson-databind: Unsafe deserialization due to incomplete black list (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15095)
- BZ - 1548289 - CVE-2018-1304 tomcat: Incorrect handling of empty string URL in security constraints can lead to unintended exposure of resources
- BZ - 1548909 - CVE-2018-8088 slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution
- BZ - 1549276 - CVE-2018-7489 jackson-databind: incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 permits unsafe serialization via c3p0 libraries
CVEs
References
Vulmon