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Red Hat: RHSA-2015-1695-01 Important: Jakarta Taglibs RCE

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Calendar Grey August 31, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Enhanced jakarta-taglibs-standard packages address critical security vulnerabilities for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6 and 7.
Updated jakarta-taglibs-standard packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7

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

Summary

jakarta-taglibs-standard is the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL). This library is used in conjunction with Tomcat and Java Server Pages (JSP).
It was found that the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) allowed the processing of untrusted XML documents to utilize external entity references, which could access resources on the host system and, potentially, allowing arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-0254)
Note: jakarta-taglibs-standard users may need to take additional steps after applying this update. Detailed instructions on the additional steps can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363
All jakarta-taglibs-standard 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 remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important jakarta-taglibs-standard RCE

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0254 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm
noarch: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm
noarch: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm
noarch: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm
noarch: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm
noarch: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm
noarch:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1695-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1695.html
Issue date: 2015-08-31

Topic

Updated jakarta-taglibs-standard packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important jakarta-taglibs-standard RCE

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

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. 7) - noarch

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1198606 - CVE-2015-0254 jakarta-taglibs-standard: XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags

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