Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 security update

Topic

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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 6 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.23 and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.24 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• tomcat: multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-13935)
• jbossweb: Incomplete fix of CVE-2020-13935 for WebSocket in JBossWeb could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-14384)
• log4j: SQL injection in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JDBCAppender (CVE-2022-23305)
• log4j: Unsafe deserialization flaw in Chainsaw log viewer (CVE-2022-23307)
• log4j: Remote code execution in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JMSAppender (CVE-2021-4104)
• log4j: Remote code execution in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JMSSink (CVE-2022-23302)

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, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 ppc64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 7 ppc64

Fixes

• BZ - 1857024 - CVE-2020-13935 tomcat: multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame could lead to DoS
• BZ - 1871928 - [GSS](6.4.z) Upgrade Narayana from 4.17.43 to 4.17.45
• BZ - 1873619 - Tracker bug for the EAP 6.4.24 release for RHEL-7.
• BZ - 1875176 - CVE-2020-14384 jbossweb: Incomplete fix of CVE-2020-13935 for WebSocket in JBossWeb could lead to DoS
• BZ - 2031667 - CVE-2021-4104 log4j: Remote code execution in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JMSAppender
• BZ - 2041949 - CVE-2022-23302 log4j: Remote code execution in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JMSSink
• BZ - 2041959 - CVE-2022-23305 log4j: SQL injection in Log4j 1.x when application is configured to use JDBCAppender
• BZ - 2041967 - CVE-2022-23307 log4j: Unsafe deserialization flaw in Chainsaw log viewer

CVEs

• CVE-2020-13935
• CVE-2020-14384
• CVE-2021-4104
• CVE-2022-23302
• CVE-2022-23305
• CVE-2022-23307

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/6.4
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/6.4/html-single/installation_guide/index