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RedHat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2017-3123-01 critical: JBoss code execution

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2017
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch released for Red Hat JBoss EAP to fix potential code execution risks. Take immediate action!
A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Summary

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
This asynchronous patch is a security update for lucene package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.8.
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that Apache Lucene would accept an object from an unauthenticated user that could be manipulated through subsequent post requests. An attacker could use this flaw to assemble an object that could permit execution of arbitrary code if the server enabled Apache Solr's Config API. (CVE-2017-12629)
For more information regarding CVE-2017-12629, see the article linked in the references section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat critical code execution jboss red hat jboss appliance update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12629 https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/CVE-2017-12629 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/8.0

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server:
Source: eap7-lucene-solr-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.src.rpm
noarch: eap7-lucene-analyzers-common-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-backward-codecs-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-core-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-facet-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-misc-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-queries-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-queryparser-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-solr-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source: eap7-lucene-solr-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.src.rpm
noarch: eap7-lucene-analyzers-common-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-backward-codecs-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-core-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-facet-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-misc-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-queries-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-queryparser-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm eap7-lucene-solr-5.3.1-4.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:3123-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3123
Issue date: 2017-11-06

Topic

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise ApplicationPlatform 7 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat critical code execution jboss red hat jboss appliance update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server - noarch

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1501529 - CVE-2017-12629 Solr: Code execution via entity expansion

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