Critical: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-14667   CVE-2018-14667   CVE-2018-14667  

Synopsis

Critical: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3.1.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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 SOA Platform is the next-generation ESB and business process
automation infrastructure. Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform allows IT to leverage
existing (MoM and EAI), modern (SOA and BPM-Rules), and future (EDA and
CEP) integration methodologies to dramatically improve business process
execution speed and quality.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3.1.

Security Fix(es):

  • RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)

See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw.

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 Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must
log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your
existing Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform installation (including its databases,
applications, configuration files, and so on).

Note that it is recommended to halt the Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform server
by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this
update, and then after installing the update, restart the Red Hat JBoss SOA
Platform server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat JBoss Middleware Text-Only Advisories for MIDDLEWARE 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1639139 - CVE-2018-14667 RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution

CVEs

References