Moderate: Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.3.4 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-18640   CVE-2017-18640   CVE-2017-18640  

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.3.4 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat build of Quarkus.

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. For more information, see the CVE links in the References section.

Description

This release of Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.3.4 includes security updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. For more information, see the release notes page listed in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

  • snakeyaml: the alias feature allows entity expansion during a load operation (CVE-2017-18640)

For more details about the security issues and their impact, the CVSS score, acknowledgements, and other related information, see the CVE pages listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the update. You must be logged in to download the update.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Build of Quarkus Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1785376 - CVE-2017-18640 snakeyaml: the alias feature allows entity expansion during a load operation

CVEs

References