Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 security update

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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 7.1.6 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.5, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

• wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management Console (CVE-2018-10934)
  
• undertow: Infoleak in some circumstances where Undertow can serve data from a random buffer (CVE-2018-14642)
  
• dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)
  

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.

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

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1615673 - CVE-2018-10934 wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management Console
• BZ - 1620529 - CVE-2018-1000632 dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity of XML documents
• BZ - 1628702 - CVE-2018-14642 undertow: Infoleak in some circumstances where Undertow can serve data from a random buffer

CVEs

• CVE-2018-10934
• CVE-2018-14642
• CVE-2018-1000632

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=securityPatches&product=appplatform&version=7.1
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/?version=7.1
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.1/html-single/installation_guide/