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Red Hat: 2014:0348-01 Important: xalan-j2 Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial notice 2022:0578-19 regarding struts fixing severe vulnerability leading to unauthorized access in CentOS environments.
Updated xalan-j2 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Xalan-Java is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types.
It was found that the secure processing feature of Xalan-Java had insufficient restrictions defined for certain properties and features. A remote attacker able to provide Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) content to be processed by an application using Xalan-Java could use this flaw to bypass the intended constraints of the secure processing feature. Depending on the components available in the classpath, this could lead to arbitrary remote code execution in the context of the application server running the application that uses Xalan-Java. (CVE-2014-0107)
All xalan-j2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat code execution remote access important fix xalan-j2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0107 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xalan-j2-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-manual-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-xsltc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: xalan-j2-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm xalan-j2-manual-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm xalan-j2-xsltc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-demo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-javadoc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm xalan-j2-demo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm xalan-j2-javadoc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: xalan-j2-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-demo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-javadoc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-manual-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm xalan-j2-xsltc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.i386.rpm
ia64: xalan-j2-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm xalan-j2-demo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm xalan-j2-javadoc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm xalan-j2-manual-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm xalan-j2-xsltc-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ia64.rpm
ppc: xalan-j2-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ppc.rpm xalan-j2-debuginfo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ppc.rpm xalan-j2-demo-2.7.0-6jpp.2.ppc.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0348-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0348.html
Issue date: 2014-04-01

Topic

Updated xalan-j2 packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingImportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat code execution remote access important fix xalan-j2

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1080248 - CVE-2014-0107 Xalan-Java: insufficient constraints in secure processing feature

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